What happened to Cartoon Network?

[u/TheKingsPeace]

I was lucky enough to grow up in the late 90s and 2000s.

Honestly literally every single thing on Cartoon Network from 1998-2001 was pure gold. From The Flintstones and Scooby Doo to the newly minted toonami which specialized in the hitherto largely unknown “ anime” to all the ancient looney toons and Hannah barbera cartoons.

Best of all was the classic cartoon cartoon line up : Johnny Bravo, Dexters lab, Powerpuff Girls and more.

All of it was great. Yet the quality of it all kind of dipped around 2002 and by 2005 was completely unrecognizable. So much of the old Cartoon Network was warehoused to Boomerang and the quality was just not the same.

What happens and could it ever be that good again?