Overview
''SpongeBob Squarepants'' is a comedy that premiered on Nick on May 1, 1999. ''SpongeBob Squarepants'' is about the misadventures of a fast-food restaurant working sponge who lives under the sea. It stars Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, and Carolyn Lawrence. The series debuted at the 1999 Toronto International Film...more
''SpongeBob Squarepants'' is a comedy that premiered on Nick on May 1, 1999. ''SpongeBob Squarepants'' is about the misadventures of a fast-food restaurant working sponge who lives under the sea. It stars Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, and Carolyn Lawrence. The series debuted at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival and was the third installment in the Bikini Bottom series. The SpongeBob SquarePants is now available now on Nickelodeon, ViacomCBS Domestic...
- Genre: Comedy Surreal comedy
- Created by: Stephen Hillenburg
- Opening theme: " SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song", performed by Patrick Pinney
- Composer(s): Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield, Brad Carow (1999–2002), The Blue Hawaiians (1999–2002), Eban Schletter (2000–present), Barry Anthony Trop (2006–2013)
- Country of origin: United States, South Korea (Animation Production)
- Original language(s): English
- No. of seasons: 12
- No. of episodes: 263 (list of episodes)
- Executive producer(s): Stephen Hillenburg (1999–2018), Paul Tibbitt (2008–2017), Co-executive producers:, Paul Tibbitt (2006–2008), Marc Ceccarelli (2018–present), Vincent Waller (2018–present)
- Producer(s): Donna Castricone (1999–2002), Helen Kafatic (2002–2004), Anne Michaud (2001), Dina Buteyn (2005–2010), Jennie Monica Hammond (2010–present), Supervising producers:, Derek Drymon (2002–2004), Paul Tibbitt (2005–2015), Marc Ceccarelli (2015–2018), Vincent Waller (2015–2018)
- Running time: 11 minutes (regular episodes only), 22 minutes (special episodes only)
- Production company(s): United Plankton Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studio
- Distributor: ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
- Original network: Nickelodeon [a]
- Picture format: NTSC (480i) (1999–2012), HDTV 1080i (2009, 2012–present)
- Original release: May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01) – present (present)
- Related shows: Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
