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Dexter's Laboratory (commonly abbreviated as Dexter's Lab) is an American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios (also co-produced with Hanna-Barbera in 1996-2001). The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions. Two pilots appeared in World Premiere Toons on the What a Cartoon! show in 1995 and 1996, and the series premiered 28 April 1996 in the United States on Cartoon Network and ended 20 November 2003. As of 2006, Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang reruns the show. The show returned to Cartoon Network in reruns on 8 November 2010.
The series initially debuted on The Cartoon Cartoon Show as a cartoon short. Each twenty-two minute episode consists of two to three segments (with the exception of the series finale). Dexter's Laboratory originally ended in 1998, but it was later revived for a movie as well as two more seasons.
Dexter's Laboratory is notable for helping launch the careers of several cartoon creators such as Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Wander Over Yonder and Kid Cosmic), Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show), Butch Hartman (The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy and Bunsen Is a Beast) and Rob Renzetti (My Life as a Teenage Robot).