
It also was the Nick’s highest-rated premiere with Kids 6-11 since October 2017 ( SpongeBob SquarePants “The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom”) and the highest-rated premiere with K2-11 since February 2018. In 2002, he was ranked 9 in TV Guides Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters, and. He also enjoys jellyfishing and karate, but can never seem to pass his driving tests. He is an overeager sea sponge who lives in a pineapple in Bikini Bottom and works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant. The Big Birthday Blowout 20th anniversary special ranks as the #1 kids program for the year and posted high triple and double-digit gains year over year with Kids 2-11 (3.3/797K, up +57%), Kids 6-11 (4.0/589K, up +82%), Tweens 9-14 (3.1/476K, up +94%), Teens 12-17 (2.1/342K, up +133%) as well as Adults 18-49 (.60/478K, up +50%). SpongeBob SquarePants is the eponymous protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated series of the same name. It also follows the Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Emmy nomination yesterday for SpongeBob SquarePants’ episode“Plankton Paranoia” as Nick is preparing to commemorate 20 Years of the Iconic series with a 1800 square-foot booth at Comic-Con bringing Bikini Bottom to life. The renewal comes on the heels of Spongebob’s Big Birthday Blowout, a live-action and animated special, drawing 2.2 million total viewers in its simulcast Friday across Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nicktoons.


Nickelodeon has ordered a 13-episode 13th season of the pop culture phenom. EXCLUSIVE: Spongebob SquarePants, the #1 kids animated TV series for the past 17 years, will keep going.
