Ratings Guy

Ratings Guy
The gang becomes a Nielsen Family.
Season: 11 Episode: 2
Total Episode Count: 190
Prod. no.: 10ACX01
Featuring: SpongeBob SquarePants
Also Appearing: Sandy, Pearl, Patrick, Squidward, Plankton, Fred, John, Nancy, Bob Bobber, Dr. Forrest, Nort Goldman, Billy, Horace, Deamus, Leia Takanawa, Carter Cheeks, Mayor Johnny East, Jenkins, Bernice, Fire Captain Beckman, Mike, Alec Baldwin, Cary Elwes, David Letterman, Ace Frehley, J.J. Abrams, Jon Hamm, Dick Wolf, Mark Burnett, Sandra Bernhard, Kelsey Grammer, Homer Simpson, Superman, Lois Lane, Mike Biggs, Molly Flynn
Plot: After a visit to the fire station during open house, the gang return home to find an offer to become a Nielsen Family. When Bob Bobber comes to SpongeBob to dins ways to increase his ratings, SpongeBob makes some unconventional suggestions which Bob follows. While Fred and John are shocked, SpongeBob is amused and decides to follow it up with other odd suggestions. But when SpongeBob tries to expand his ideas he is shut down for lack of clout until he has the opportunity to steal hundreds of Nielsen boxes and can more strongly infu]luence television.
His plan backfires when television becomes ruined and no one else wants to watch, turning on SpongeBob and making him a pariah. When even his friends turn their backs on him, SpongeBob starts to try to use the Nielsen powers to set things right but the boxes are destroyed by Mayor East. Desperate, SpongeBob turns to the Television Producers Guild to help create new shows like the old ones SpongeBob ruined. With television restored, SpongeBob makes up with his friends as Jenkins sits amount the piles of repaired Nielsen boxes and suggests Zack and Cody of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody appear in their underwear.
==Cutaways==
#Pearl visits the fire station
#Lonely
#Playing pretend
#Cary Elwes
#Never picked
#Unfortunate birthmark
#Taking criticism
#Coolest toy on Earth
#Superman wish
#Sandra Bernhard
#Public radio
#Workplace comedy
==Trivia==
*The original title was "All in the Nielsen Family".
==Rating==
TV-14: DLSV
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