Current programming on Nickelodeon includes SpongeBob SquarePants, Winx Club, How to Rock, iCarly, The Penguins of Madagascar, Fred: The Show, The Fairly Oddparents, Supah Ninjas, Robot and Monster, Victorious, Big Time Rush, House of Anubis, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers Samurai, T. U. F. F.

On March 15, 2010, Nickelodeon announced the renewals of 16 of its existing series for the 2010 – 11 season that include the second season renewals of freshman series The Troop and Big Time Rush ( the latter series was picked up for another season after only 10 episodes aired ) and veteran series such as iCarly ( whose fourth season renewal was already announced in late 2009 and it was announced later that it would be renewed for a 5th season as well ), True Jackson, VP and SpongeBob SquarePants.

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Children's programming has mostly migrated to cable television with such successful shows of recent such as Fanboy & Chum Chum, SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly, The Suite Life on Deck, Big Time Rush, Victorious, Phineas & Ferb, The Fairly OddParents among others becoming popular on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon cable channels.

TV Globinho is a Rede Globo program that used to air on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 6: 00 AM, featuring cartoons, such as Dragon Ball Z and GT, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Digimon, Beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh !, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Simpsons, Totally Spies, Dungeons and Dragons ( TV series ), and live action shows, such as Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, Wizards of Waverly Place, Power Rangers ( now on Band ), Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh, iCarly and others.

( 2004 ), " Peterotica " from the Family Guy ( 2006 ), SpongeBob SquarePants ( 2007 ), The Big Bang Theory ( 2009 ).

He continued working for Nickelodeon, penning several SpongeBob books ( including The Big Halloween Scare which actually charted on the New York Times bestseller list ).

In the episode " Doing Time ", Mrs. Puff, after she and SpongeBob drive off a cliff and thinks she is about to die, says, " Where did I go wrong ?".

In television the song has cropped up in episodes and programs that include The Berenstain Bears and the Talent Show ; The Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback ; Rawhide ; Garfield and Friends ; The Care Bears ; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ; Saved by the Bell ; All That ; Kenan & Kel ; Drake and Josh, SpongeBob SquarePants, That's So Raven ; Rugrats ; Cat in the Hat ; Peter Gunn ; Little House on the Prairie ; Our Gang ; The Twilight Zone ; Wind at My Back ; Leonardo and Shining Time Station.

For Fisher-Price / Nickelodeon, Grossman authored two interactive books, SpongeBob SquarePants: Sleepy Time and Fairly OddParents: Squawkers.

He has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, best known for his work on Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Adventure Time.

* " Suds ", an episode in season 1 of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants that aired along with Sleepy Time on January 17, 2000

* " Doing Time ", an episode from the third season of SpongeBob SquarePants

Nickelodeon does have broadcast access to most feature films based on or that served as the basis for original series produced by the channel ( such as Barnyard and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ); the majority of live-action feature films produced under the Nickelodeon Movies banner are licensed for broadcast by various television outlets, primarily cable networks ( however, Nickelodeon has aired a small number of live-action features from Nickelodeon Movies including Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and Good Burger, which have aired on the channel's Nick at Nite nighttime block ).

The Saturday morning lineup ( also sometimes called " A Morning of Premieres ", when new episodes of at least three of its original animated series are scheduled to air ), features episode premieres of many of the channel's animated series, including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen and T. U. F. F.

Jeffrey P. Dennis, author of the journal article " The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons ," argued that SpongeBob and Sandy are not romantically in love, while adding that he believed that SpongeBob and Patrick " are paired with arguably erotic intensity.

SpongeBob has also become popular with gay men, despite Stephen Hillenburg saying that none of the characters are homosexual.

There are licensed versions of Candy Land with characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob.

Her thoughts and fear about SpongeBob cause her to think that she was giving SpongeBob a driving test even though they are not at school.

Several trademarked characters are also produced, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Winnie the Pooh, and Snoopy and Woodstock from Peanuts.

However, more explicit usage of the technique can be used in episodic fiction, should the results of episodes cause irreparable harm to the continuity ( such as massive destruction, death, imprisonment, or other calamity ); examples of an episodic series that uses the reset button technique after almost every episode are the American series SpongeBob SquarePants and South Park, which features frequent major events that would otherwise alter the nature of the series if they were to be allowed to stand, only to have said events effectively erased in the next episode as if they had never happened.

is a video game similar to the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, but the shows SpongeBob SquarePants and Danny Phantom are included in the crossover.

In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode " Band Geeks ", the band led by Squidward Tentacles plays at the " Bubble Bowl ", during which clips of a Memphis Showboats game are shown.

In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode " Band Geeks ", the band led by Squidward Tentacles plays at the " Bubble Bowl ", during which clips of a Memphis Showboats game ( played at the Liberty Bowl ) are shown.

He and his sidekick, Barnacle Boy, are the stars of a show-within-a-show called The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, but they are also real superheroes within the series of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Of note, he and Barnacle Boy are virtually completely human in appearance, save they are the same size as the other characters of SpongeBob SquarePants.

While leaving school Julie, Hannah, Farrah and Yancy are bombarded by Russell " SpongeBob " Yates ( Evan Peters ) and his posse of skateboard pals Lance ( Hunter Parrish ) and Miles ( Shane Hunter ).

* An episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, " Banned in Bikini Bottom ", uses the phrases " You are a nuisance to my community ", "… said this ninety times ", and " cops, I need you!

The playable characters are SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy.

Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick are playing with toy robots and having a tea party with them too.

Then in May 1999, the channel debuted the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, which quickly became one of the most popular and longest-running Nicktoons in the network's history, and has remained very popular to this day, consistently ranking as the channel's highest-rated series since 2000.

Although most famous for being the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants since the series premiere in 1999, in " Help Wanted ", Tom Kenny has voiced many characters in over 200 productions.

Some of the most successful licenses have included WWE, Pokémon, Doctor Who, High School Musical and SpongeBob.

Additionally, Mr. Show cast member Tom Kenny went on to achieve huge success voicing the title character of SpongeBob SquarePants and remains one of the most prolific voice-over actors in the industry.

In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode " Bucket Sweet Bucket ", Mr. Krabs is mysteriously absent for most of the episode with no explanation as to where he is ; Plankton takes advantage in order to try and steal the Krabby Patty formula while simultaneously wondering where Krabs has gone.

Although most of the Jakks Pacific line merely utilizes re-used mold designs from the extensive ToyMax oeuvre, they have also produced new character molds featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and Hello Kitty.

Battle for Bikini Bottom is currently the most successful SpongeBob game produced.

The Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands asked Boom Chicago to remove their viral video " SpongeBob SquarePants in China ", which goes on to receive more than 22 million views on YouTube, making it the number one most viewed film and animation video on the video site worldwide ( as of April, 2009 ).

Of the latter, Jakks Pacific's line of TV Games is among the most famous, which includes re-releases of many vintage games, from arcade classics to Atari 2600 games, as well as games based on currently-popular characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants.

She has been shown to possess a number of tough, tomboyish character traits and interests ; she is skilled at karate and frequently enjoys practicing it with SpongeBob, she is shown to be an excellent bodybuilder, is a rodeo champion, and possesses extraordinary scientific skills and can construct complex inventions.

SpongeBob is also shown to compliment Sandy frequently.

She also frequently appeared on Hollywood Squares and did voiceover work as Grandma SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants and Mrs. Lopart on the Disney Junior Series Handy Manny.