SPONGEBOB QUAREPANTS

Original run	May 1, 1999 (1999-05-01) – TBA
Genre	Comedy Animated Series
Format	Animated series
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by	Derek Drymon Tim Hill Nick Jennings
Creative director(s)	Derek Drymon (Season 1–3) Vincent Waller (Season 4–present)
Voices of	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence Dee Bradley Baker
Theme music composer	Hank Smith Music
Opening theme	"SpongeBob SquarePants"
Ending theme	"Cierre Bob Esponja"
Composer(s)	Nicolas Carr Eban Schletter
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	241 174 (aired) 332 (11 minute segments) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stephen Hillenburg Paul Tibbitt (season 5–present)
Running time	22–23 minutes
Production company(s)	United Plankton Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Distributor	MTV Networks International
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i: SDTV (1999–2012) 1080i: HDTV (2012-present)
Audio format	Advantage Audio Services (1999–2009) (NTSC) Advantage Audio Services 8.0 (2009–present) Dolby Surround 5.1 (2009–present) (NTSC)
Description	SpongeBob SquarePants, is one of the highest-rated children's cartoon shows of the era, and of all time. It follows a naive and eternally optimistic sea-sponge (that is funnily enough shaped like a kitchen sponge) named SpongeBob SquarePants, and his endeavors in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom. Many supporting and equally popular characters tag along with SpongeBob, including a starfish, squid, crab, and squirrel that lives underwater. The show first aired on May 1st 1999, and quickly took off with children. The show is just as popular now as it ever was!
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