Production
The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The season's executive producers were series creator Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the series' showrunner. On March 13, 2008, during the broadcast of the sixth season, the network renewed the show for a seventh season, with 26 episodes in order. Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon & MTVN Kids and Family Group, said, "The strength of the Nickelodeon brand comes from how we embrace everything important to kids, and how we are with them virtually everywhere they want us to be. Our open philosophy to give audiences access to everything they love, and our commitment to making relevant and innovative content, have put us at the top of cable, VOD and online. Nickelodeon has strong momentum as a brand and as a business, and we have a great foundation built on great talent and relationships with some of the best creative leaders in our industry." In a statement, Brown Johnson, president of animation for Nickelodeon, said, "We are thrilled to be making another season of SpongeBob SquarePants–a series we hope to make for a long time." On July 19, 2009, the season premiered with "Tentacle-Vision" and "I Heart Dancing". The former was written by Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash and Derek Iversen, with Alan Smart serving as animation director. "I Heart Dancing" was written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Mr. Lawrence, and was directed by Tom Yasumi. "Growth Spout", "Stuck in the Wringer", "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", and "The Inside Job" also premiered on the same day as part of the Ultimate SpongeBob Sponge Bash marathon, that celebrate the series' tenth anniversary including the premiere of ten brand new episodes. In 2011, Nickelodeon debuted an anthology series, Legends of B
Cast
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Episodes
output imedia print{0 List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes (seasons 1–10) The episodes are ordered below according to Nickelodeon's packaging order, and not their original production or broadcast order. No.overallNo. inseasonTitleAnimation directors [a]Written by [a]Original release date Prod.code U.S. viewers(millions)wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,wikiepisodetable tr.vevent thwikiepisodetable .summaryAlan SmartStoryboarded by : Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash (directors)Written by : Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, and Derek IversenJuly 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)223–7045.17"I ♥ Dancing"Tom YasumiStoryboarded by : Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas (directors)Written by : Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Mr. Lawrence223–7032.89 "Tentacle-Vision": Squidward becomes the star of his own talk show, but everyone else wants to
Reception
The series has received recognition, including the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon. The series also won the same category at the succeeding year's Kids' Choice Awards and at the 2010 and 2011 Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards. At the Kids' Choice Awards Mexico 2010 and Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2011, the show was nominated for Favorite Cartoon, but did not win. The episode "That Sinking Feeling" was nominated at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program. Furthermore, at the 38th Annie Awards, the show won for Best Animated Television Production for Children, while the crew members, Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr and Tuck Tucker, won the Music in a Television Production category. SpongeBob SquarePants also won at the 2011 ASCAP Film and Television Awards for Top Television Series. At the 2010 and 2011 TP de Oro, the series won the Best Children and Youth Program category. The season received mixed to negative reviews, with certain episodes being panned by critics and audiences alike. In his review of the seventh season for DVD Talk, Ian Jane wrote that the series "is one of those rare animated shows that can be enjoyed equally as much by both adults and children." He described the concept of the show as "utterly ludicrous." He cited the episodes "SpongeBob's Last Stand" and "Tentacle-Vision" as "interesting stand outs," while the episodes "The Inside Job", "Back to the Past", "Gary in Love", and "The Abrasive Side" as "memorable episodes this time around." However, Jane said that the season is not as good as the previous seasons, writing "It's not that this more recent material isn't fun, because it is, but by this point in time storylines are beginning to get a little repetitive and as such, the series doesn't se
DVD release
The DVD boxset for season seven was released by Paramount Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada in December 2011, six months after the season had completed broadcast on television. The DVD release features bonus materials, including "animated shorts." SpongeBob SquarePants: Complete Seventh Season Set details Special features 26 episodes 4-disc set 1.33:1 aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Animated shorts for: "Back to the Past" "SpongeBob's Last Stand" "Legends of Bikini Bottom" "The Great Patty Caper" Release dates Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 December 6, 2011 September 17, 2012 September 9, 2012