SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy television series
created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for
Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the
title character and his aquatic friends in the fictional underwater
city of Bikini Bottom. The fifth-longest-running American animated
series, its popularity has made it a media franchise. It is the
highest rated series to air on Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS Domestic
Media Networks' most distributed property. As of late 2017, the media
franchise has generated $13 billion in merchandising revenue for
Nickelodeon.[needs update]Many of the series' ideas originated in The
Intertidal Zone, an unpublished educational book that Hillenburg
created in 1989 to teach his students about undersea life. He began
developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996
following the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life. He turned to Tom
Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the title
character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and
the series called SpongeBoy Ahoy!; both of these were changed as the
name was already trademarked. SpongeBob SquarePants Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter