Editing Dexter's Laboratory (section)

== Broadcast ==
''Dexter's Laboratory'' premiered on February 26, 1995, on Cartoon Network as part of ''What a Cartoon!''.<ref name="Moore" /> On October 8, 2000, Cartoon Network aired the "Favorite Dexters" marathon from 12 PM to 7 PM Eastern.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cartoon Network TV |url=http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001007080239/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv/index.html |archive-date=2000-10-07 |website=[[CartoonNetwork.com]]}}</ref> On December 31, 2000, Cartoon Network aired its "New Year's Bash" marathon featuring ''Dexter's Laboratory'' among other programs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 21, 2000 |title=Television Highlights for the Week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref> On November 18, 2001, it broadcast a 12-hour "Dexter Goes Global" marathon in 96 countries and 12 languages.<ref name="global">{{Cite news |last=Godfrey |first=Leigh |date=November 6, 2001 |title=Dexter Goes Global in Worldwide Marathon |url=http://www.awn.com/news/dexter-goes-global-worldwide-marathon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104083045/http://www.awn.com/news/dexter-goes-global-worldwide-marathon |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=June 5, 2013 |publisher=[[Animation World Network]]}}</ref> This marathon featured fan-selected episodes of ''Dexter's Laboratory'' and culminated by premiering two new episodes of season 3.<ref name="global" />

From 2005 to 2008, ''Dexter's Laboratory'' was rerun in segments on ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'' with other Cartoon Cartoons from that era. From 2012 to 2014, it returned in reruns on the revived block, ''[[Cartoon Planet]]''.

From January 16, 2006, to June 7, 2021, ''Dexter's Laboratory'' aired reruns on [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ball |first=Ryan |date=January 12, 2006 |title=Dexter's Laboratory Joins Boomerang |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2006/01/dexters-laboratory-joins-boomerang/ |journal=[[Animation Magazine|Animation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707065345/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2006/01/dexters-laboratory-joins-boomerang/ |archive-date=July 7, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2016 |title=Boomerang Schedule |url=http://schedule.adultswim.com/servlet/BoomerangServlet?action=selectBMDay&theDate=6/27/16&timeZone=EST |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623004810/http://schedule.adultswim.com/servlet/BoomerangServlet?action=selectBMDay&theDate=6%2F27%2F16&timeZone=EST |archive-date=June 23, 2016 |website=[[AdultSwim.com]]}}</ref>

[[Cartoon Network (Canadian TV channel)|Cartoon Network]] has aired reruns in [[Canada]] since its launch on July 4, 2012.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=June 21, 2012 |title=Cartoon Network/Adult Swim Go Canuck |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2012/06/cartoon-networkadult-swim-go-canuck/ |journal=[[Animation Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707065600/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2012/06/cartoon-networkadult-swim-go-canuck/ |archive-date=July 7, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref> This launch was commemorated by parent network Teletoon, which aired Cartoon Network-related programming blocks and promotions in weeks leading up to it, including episodes of ''Dexter's Laboratory''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=May 4, 2012 |title=Teletoon Promotes Cartoon Network Launch in Canada |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/teletoon-promotes-cartoon-network-launch-in-canada/ |journal=[[Animation Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907062249/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/teletoon-promotes-cartoon-network-launch-in-canada/ |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>

''Dexter's Laboratory'' currently airs in reruns on [[Checkered Past (TV programming block)|Checkered Past]] on [[Adult Swim]].

=== Controversial episodes ===
"Dial M for Monkey: Barbequor", a season 1 episode from 1996, was removed from rotation sometime after its original premiere in the United States with no official reason given (although this has been unofficially attributed to the episode's inclusion of a stereotypical depiction of a homosexual male character).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Anderson |date=August 14, 2010 |title=Dial M for Monkey – The Banned Episode |url=https://www.gawkerarchives.com/5612599%2Fdial-m-for-monkey---the-banned-episode |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707072244/https://www.gawkerarchives.com/5612599%2Fdial-m-for-monkey---the-banned-episode |archive-date=July 7, 2024 |access-date=August 10, 2013 |website=[[Gawker]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Belonksy |first=Andrew |date=June 12, 2008 |title=Banned "Anti-Gay" Toon Exhumed! |url=https://www.queerty.com/banned-anti-gay-toon-exhumed-20080612 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828085858/https://www.queerty.com/banned-anti-gay-toon-exhumed-20080612 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=August 10, 2013 |website=[[Queerty]]}}</ref> In later broadcasts and on its Season 1 DVD (Region 1), "Barbequor" has been replaced with "Dexter's Lab: A Story", an episode from season 2.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lacey |first=Gord |date=October 29, 2010 |title=Dexter's Laboratory — Season 1 Review |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/reviews/Dexters-Laboratory-Season-1/10187 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200111/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/reviews/Dexters-Laboratory-Season-1/10187 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |website=[[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]}}</ref>

"[[Rude Removal]]", a season 2 episode, was produced but not aired. It involves Dexter creating a "rude removal system" to diminish Dee Dee and Dexter's rudeness that instead creates highly rude clones of both siblings. "Rude Removal" was only shown during certain animation festivals and was never aired on television due to characters [[profanity|swearing]], even though all swear words are [[censored]].<ref name="deseret">{{Cite news |last=Pierce |first=Scott D. |date=July 27, 1998 |title=Lost Cartoon? |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/643555/Conan-cant-shake-off-rocky-start-as-host.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001034138/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/643555/Conan-cant-shake-off-rocky-start-as-host.html |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2011 |work=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref> Tartakovsky commented that "[[Broadcast Standards and Practices|standards]] didn't like it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seibert |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Seibert |date=October 26, 2010 |title=Bad Dexter! |url=http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2010/10/26/banned-dexter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816234003/http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2010/10/26/banned-dexter/ |archive-date=August 16, 2017 |access-date=May 31, 2011 |website=Frederator Blogs |publisher=[[Frederator Studios]]}}</ref> Linda Simensky, then-vice president of original programming for Cartoon Network, said "I still think it's very funny. It probably would air better late at night."<ref name="deseret" /> Michelle Klein-Häss of ''[[Animation World Network]]'' called the episode "hilarious" after viewing it at the 1998 World Animation Celebration, although she predicted that it would "never be shown on television".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Klein-Häss |first=Michelle |date=March 1998 |title=Thinking About the World Animation Celebration '98 |url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.12/2.12pages/2.12hasswac.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102015002/https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.12/2.12pages/2.12hasswac.html |archive-date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=November 27, 2018 |magazine=Animation World Magazine |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |volume=2 |issue=12}}</ref>

In October 2012, Genndy Tartakovsky was asked about "Rude Removal" during an AMA on Reddit, and he replied "Next time I do a public appearance I'll bring it with me!"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartakovsky |first=Genndy |date=September 27, 2012 |title=I Am Genndy Tartakovsky, the Director of Hotel Transylvania. AMA. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10l1an/i_am_genndy_tartakovsky_the_director_of_hotel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126014957/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10l1an/i_am_genndy_tartakovsky_the_director_of_hotel/ |archive-date=November 26, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> Adult Swim later asked fans on [[Twitter]] if interest still existed with it, and fan response was "overwhelming".<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=274738945294729216 |user=adultswim |title=''Dexter's Lab'' Fans: Is There Still Interest in Seeing the Lost Unaired Episode? [...] |date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093446/https://twitter.com/adultswim/status/274738945294729216 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=275417904894341121 |user=adultswim |title=Re: #DextersRudeRemoval [...] |date=December 2, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093450/https://twitter.com/adultswim/status/275417904894341121 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> "Rude Removal" was finally uploaded on Adult Swim's official [[YouTube]] account on January 22, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tickle |first=Glen |date=January 22, 2013 |title=Adult Swim Releases Banned Dexter's Laboratory Episode |url=https://www.themarysue.com/lost-dexters-laboratory-episode-surfaces/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129082138/https://www.themarysue.com/lost-dexters-laboratory-episode-surfaces/ |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=November 12, 2014 |website=[[The Mary Sue]]}}</ref>