This article is about the series. For the title character, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character). For other uses, see SpongeBob SquarePants (disambiguation).

SpongeBob SquarePants
The current "off-screen" logo, enacted on September 28, 2009. No Nickelodeon source is in the new logo.
Genre	Animated comedy
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Developed by	Derek Drymon Tim Hill Nicholas R. Jennings
Written by	Stephen Hillenburg Derek Drymon Tim Hill
Directed by	Walt Dohrn Paul Tibbitt
Creative director(s)	Derek Drymon Vincent Waller
Starring	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Carolyn Lawrence Clancy Brown Lori Alan Mary Jo Catlett Doug Lawrence Dee Bradley Baker Sirena Irwin Jill Talley Ernest Borgnine Tim Conway
Composer(s)	The Blue Hawaiians Sage Guyton Jeremy Wakefield Steve Belfer Brad Carow
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	126 (247 individual) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stephen Hillenburg (Seasons 1–3) Paul Tibbitt (Season 4-Present)
Producer(s)	Larry LeFrancis
Running time	22–23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon (1999–present) Nicktoons Network (2002–present) YTV (2002–present)
Picture format	SDTV 480i (1999–2010) HDTV 1080i (2010-present)
Audio format	Advantage Audio Services (1999–2009) (NTSC) Advantage Audio Services 8.0 (2009–present) Dolby Surround 5.1 (2009–present) (NTSC)
Original run	May 1, 1999 – present
External links
Official website

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and media franchise. It is currently Nickelodeon's highest rated show, the most distributed property of MTV Networks, and among Nicktoons Network's most-watched shows.^[1] It was created by artist, animator and former marine biologist S