Marc Ceccarelli

SpongeBob SquarePants
Genre	Children's comedy Slapstick
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by	Derek Drymon Tim Hill Nick Jennings
Creative director(s)	Derek Drymon (1999–2004) Vincent Waller (2005–15)
Voices of	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Clancy Brown Mr. Lawrence Carolyn Lawrence (Complete list)
Theme music composer	Derek Drymon Mark Harrison Stephen Hillenburg Blaise Smith
Opening theme	"SpongeBob SquarePants Theme", performed by Patrick Pinney
Ending theme	"SpongeBob Closing Theme", written by Steve Belfer and Nicolas Carr
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 (2006–12) Steve Marston (2007–present) Gary Stockdale (2008–11) Fabian Fernandez (2008–12) Michael Bolger (2008–present) Ron Wasserman (2009–10) Hiram Titus (2010–12) Pat Irwin (2011)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	211 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stephen Hillenburg Paul Tibbitt (2008–16) Co-Executive Producers: Paul Tibbitt (2006–08)
Producer(s)	Donna Castricone (1999–2002) Helen Kafatic (2002–04) Anne Michaud (2001) Dina Buteyn (2005–10) Jennie Monica Hammond (2010–present) Supervising Producers: Derek Drymon (2002–04) Paul Tibbitt (2005–15) Marc Ceccarelli (2015–present) Vincent Waller (2015–present)
Running time	11 minutes (regular episodes only) 22 minutes (special episodes only)
Production company(s)	United Plankton Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studios Rough Draft Korea (animation service)
Distributor	Viacom International Media Networks (International) Paramount Television
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) (1999–2012) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2009, 2012–present)
Audio format	Advantage Audio Services (NTSC) (1999–2012) Dolby Surround 5.1 (NTSC) (2009, 2012–present)
Original release	May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Rocko's Modern Life
External links
Website

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. As of 2015, the media franchise has generated $12 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon.

Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in 1989. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the title character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were both changed, as the name was already trademarked.

Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The series officially premiered on July 17, 1999. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and a sequel was released on February 6, 2015. On July 21, 2012, the series was renewed and aired its ninth season, beginning with the episode "Extreme Spots".

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