This short-lived Flintstones spin-off was the last of the original non-Cartoon Cartoons and was canceled after only eight episodes due to the Time Warner buyout in 1996 and production was shut down before being delayed in May 1997 and was replaced with Johnny Bravo (1997) and Cow and Chicken (1997) (and its spin-off, I Am Weasel (1997)) and Dexter's Laboratory (1996) was already running their second season in the summer of 1997 during the Powerhouse period until Samurai Jack (2001) premiered four years later.
This is the first Flintstones series premiered on cable and was produced by Cartoon Network since the two Flintstones shorts from What a Cartoon! (1995) until Hanna-Barbera Cartoons shut down in 2001 and was folded into Warner Bros. Animation. One last Flintstones project, The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001) was released and produced by Cartoon Network Studios after H-B closed down.
Cave Kids (1997) entered production in September 1996, but the show didn't air because it was delayed until May 1997 after Cartoon Network premiered the original thirteen shorts of What a Cartoon! (1995) and the first season of Dexter's Laboratory (1996) due to Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network and Turner for being sold by Time Warner after production was closed down and cancelled for eight episodes and Cartoon Network started focusing successful shows such as Johnny Bravo (1997) and Cow and Chicken (1997). This was the first Flintstones spin-off that were made in 1997 according to the credits but wasn't used until Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken/I Am Weasel, and the second season of Dexter's Laboratory were made in 1997 (since the show's last episode of the previous first season were already produced the same year). However, some other shows such as 2 Stupid Dogs (1993) and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) were canceled for some reason. It is unlikely that Fred Seibert intended to end the non-Cartoon Cartoon original productions but before the 1996 Time Warner merger with H-B/Cartoon Network and Turner together had begun Fred Seibert left the studio and joining Nickelodeon in 1997 to create his own company called Frederator Studios, starting at the beginning of the Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998) shorts in July 1998.
Despite have being produced by Cartoon Network Studios instead of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, it shows the latter's logo at the end.