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SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon.It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17, 1999.
SpongeBob SquarePants is Nickelodeon's first original Saturday-morning cartoon. [15] [54] It first aired as a preview on May 1, 1999, [11] [55] and officially premiered on July 17 of the same year. [11] [15] Hillenburg noted that the show's premise "is that innocence prevails—which I don't think it always does in real life."
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the megahit Nickelodeon cartoon series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” died on Monday. He was 57.
The creator of the animated television series "SpongeBob SquarePants," Stephen Hillenburg, has died at the age of 57, the Nickelodeon television network said on Tuesday. Hillenburg had said last ...
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy media franchise created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg and owned by Nickelodeon.It began with the series, which premiered in 1999, and went on to become one of the longest-running American animated series.
In a statement Monday, the 55-year-old Hillenburg said that he would continue to work on the animated series “for as long as I am able.”
Throughout SpongeBob SquarePants ' first run, SpongeBob became instantly popular with both children and adults. In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named him one of the "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years". [36] TV Guide listed SpongeBob SquarePants at number nine on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list. [37]
After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an ocean education organization, where he had the idea to create a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which led to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants. [6] [7] [8] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue a career in animation. [8] [9]