SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants, also simply referred to as SpongeBob, is an Emmy award-winning American animated comedy series and media franchise. It is chronologically the tenth of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons and is currently the most-watched show on Nickelodeon. In 2007, it was named by TIME Magazine as one of the greatest television shows of all time. It also broke a record for the most amount of episodes aired in one year, with 47.
SpongeBob SquarePants is the longest-running Nickelodeon show. In 2012, the episode "Squiditis" was episode 173a, making SpongeBob the longest-running Nickelodeon series, surpassing the former holder, Rugrats, which consisted of 172 episodes. The year 2014 officially broke a record for the least episodes aired in one year. Only two episodes aired in 2014, which were "It Came from Goo Lagoon" and "Kenny the Cat." "Yeti Krabs" was the first episode to air in 2015 in the USA after a 1-year hiatus.[1] 5 more full episodes aired that year.
Even though its original network is Nickelodeon, SpongeBob is now broadcast across the world and appeared on MTV2 for a short time in 2006. It was created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg and is produced through his production company, United Plankton Pictures, and Nickelodeon Animation Studios.
The series is set in the Pacific Ocean, in the city of Bikini Bottom, under the island of Bikini Atoll and on the surrounding lagoon floor. The pilot episode, "Help Wanted," first aired along with two other episodes in the United States on Nickelodeon after the 1999 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999. The "official" series premiere followed on July 17, 1999, after a short hiatus, with two episodes, "Bubblestand" and "Ripped Pants." Then more episodes aired throughout the rest of 1999.
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