Ah, the Road Rovers, another of my childhood favorites alongside Sonic SatAM, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and other countless shows that would be too long to list. Back when this premiered, I only got Kids' WB from when it was shown on WGN as it was adapted as its kids' programming.
In this show, after General Parvo, the main villain, starts his bid for world domination by creating Canomutants, The Master, a.k.a. Professor Shepard, summons five dogs from different parts of the world to become Road Rovers. One year prior, Professor Shepard gave up the plans to the Transdogmifier to Parvo to save his dog, Scout, but it ended up being a trap. Now, the Rovers must fight Parvo, and any other villain that dares threaten the world.
Yeah, this is an action cartoon, but it is also a comedy in the same vein as Freakazoid, as it has some jokes and even some real world references thrown in (one episode has Hunter, the super-fast leader of the Rovers, ask a villain if he's seeking revenge on the U.S. because the NFL let the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore, to Blitz, the Doberman of the group, being the comic relief as he is usually subjected to a lot of slapstick violence and pain). Also, the episodes were pretty awesome, as each day, the Rovers went up against Parvo or some other villain plotting to do wrong somewhere.
Sadly, this would be a short-lived series, only getting thirteen episodes before it was cancelled. It is not known why it was cancelled, but my guess is the lack of merchandise and the fact that at the time it premiered, the FCC would start enforcing and adding new rules to the Children's Television Act, meaning network stations like Fox, ABC, CBS, and even Kids' WB had to air a certain amount of E/I content per week or face a fine. This would result in Road Rovers being cancelled and replaced with reruns of Captain Planet. This has gotten a cult following and many people are demanding a comeback, however, I do not want this show to have a reboot, mainly due to Cartoon Network's track records of horrible reboots of their classic action cartoons.