NICKELODEON ANNOUNCES GREENLIGHT OF SPONGEBOB & YOU!,
ORIGINAL CG-ANIMATED SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS SPINOFF FOR PRESCHOOLERS,
SLATED TO AIR SPRING 2022
Longtime SpongeBob Voice Actors to Reprise Roles
BURBANK, Calif.--Nickelodeon has given the official greenlight to SpongeBob & You! (working title), the third spinoff of the number-one animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, SpongeBob & You! (13 episodes) is a new CG-animated curriculum-driven interactive preschool series that follows SpongeBob as he invites viewers to join him and his underwater pals on educational adventures around his hometown of Bikini Bottom. The series will debut early 2022 on Nickelodeon, Noggin and Paramount+. Click here for a first-look.
SpongeBob & You! will feature a curriculum that infuses the core elements of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and will also cover kindergarten readiness, including literacy, shape recognition and socio-emotional development. The series will also boast an original soundtrack designed to help children learn through song, and will help reinforce the idea that everyday can be the Best Day Ever when you learn something new.
“Nickelodeon is diving even deeper into Bikini Bottom with SpongeBob & You!,” said Ramsey Naito, President, Nickelodeon Animation. “This third original spinoff allows us to expand our reach, tell new stories and introduce our youngest viewers to the undersea world SpongeBob SquarePants. It will also connect with the franchise's original audience around the world who continue to love these characters.”
Veteran SpongeBob voice actors Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick Star), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs), Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy Cheeks) and Mr. Lawrence (Plankton) reprise their iconic roles in this new series.
Marc Ceccarelli (SpongeBob SquarePants), Vincent Waller (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Jennie Monica (SpongeBob SquarePants) are co-executive producers of the series. SpongeBob & You! is developed for television by Claudia Spinelli, SVP of Animation Development, Nickelodeon, with production overseen by Kelley Gardner, Vice President, Current Series, Animation, Nickelodeon.
The greenlit comes as the first-ever SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, debuts on Paramount+, and the recent greenlight of The Patrick Star Show, which will follow SpongeBob's best friend Patrick Star as a young adult.
SpongeBob & You! is part of Nickelodeon’s strategy to be the home of the biggest franchises kids and families love, and it expands Nickelodeon’s growing portfolio of influential properties that already includes SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blue’s Clues & You!, the first-ever SpongeBob spinoff, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, the upcoming The Patrick Star Show, the all-new animated Star Trek: Prodigy series, The Smurfs partnership and the recently announced Transformers co-production.
Since its launch July 17, 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has reigned as the number-one animated series on TV for the last 18 years, while generating a universe of beloved characters, pop culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical and a global fan base. SpongeBob SquarePants is the most widely distributed property in ViacomCBS Networks International history, seen in more than 170 countries and territories, translated in 30+ languages, and averaging more than 100 million total viewers every month. SpongeBob SquarePants was created by Stephen Hillenburg and produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank. The character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurable optimist and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends.
Nickelodeon, now in its 42nd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC).
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