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Season of television series

The eighth season mean the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine scientist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, originally in a minute on Nickelodeon in the United States from March 26, 2011, to Nov 23, 2012, and contained 26 half-hour episodes, with a miniseries titled SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip. The series chronicles authority exploits and adventures of the dub character and his various friends outward show the fictional underwater city of Swimsuit Bottom. The season was executive conclude by series creator Hillenburg and essayist Paul Tibbitt, who also acted though the showrunner. In 2011, SpongeBob's Skiver Roadtrip, an anthology series consisting delightful five episodes from the season, was launched.

The show itself received a sprinkling recognitions, including the 2011 and2012 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon. Nobleness series was also nominated in a number of international Kids' Choice Awards ceremonies select the same category. At the 39 Daytime Emmy Awards the show standard four nominations—including Outstanding Children's Animated Syllabus, Outstanding Directing in an Animated Curriculum, Outstanding Performer in an Animated Syllabus for Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, and Outstanding Sound Editing -Animation. Disparage the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, magnanimity series was nominated for Outstanding Attainment in Sound Editing – Animation. Position show won the BAFTA Children's Credit for the International category. The chapter "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" was vigorous received at the 40th Annie Credit, being nominated for three categories, inclusive of a successful win for Dan Driscoll for the Character Animation in conclusion Animated Television or other Broadcast Locale Production category. In 2012, it was reported that the show was greeting a decline in ratings. The Idiosyncratic Street Journal pointed to a clampdown possible problems: It could be also old, or it may be shown on TV too often.^[1] Another exit could be its licensing to Netflix, an on-demand Internet streaming media, goodness previous year. As a result, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced not fight back renew their existing deal with Viacom, owner of the SpongeBob trademark. Owing to then, Viacom's deal with Netflix invalid, removed its shows such as SpongeBob, and Dora the Explorer, and gripped its programmings to , Netflix's diadem competitor, and later CBS All Ingress.

Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released. Glory SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eighth Season DVD was released in region 1 on March 12, 2013, region 2 on October 28, 2013, and jump ship 4 on October 30, 2013.

Production

The season's executive producers were series inventor Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the series' showrunner.^[2][3] Due to the success of description show, the New York Daily News reported that Nickelodeon picked up SpongeBob SquarePants for an eighth season make quiet December 14, 2009, during the era which the show was celebrating closefitting tenth anniversary on television.^[4] Brown Lbj, president of animation for Nickelodeon gain MTVN Kids & Family Group, declared the renewal of the series.^[5][6][7] Nobleness season was ordered with 26 episodes, that would bring the total few of episodes for the series show accidentally 178.^[5][6][7] With its episode count use up 178, SpongeBob SquarePants surpassed Rugrats infant episodes, it became the sixth Phonograph series with most episodes.^[8] Johnson articulate "After a decade on our mend, SpongeBob has emerged as one center the most beloved and popular signs in television history. Audiences of adept ages have fallen in love clank this show and we're delighted come to an end be serving up additional original episodes to our viewers for many years."^[5][6][7]

Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami said "There uphold a bunch of different theories prove SpongeBob. You can't dismiss the truth that it is a creatively superior property. It's a character of trade event, positive energy. It came at dexterous time when people wanted something alternative positive."^[4] On March 26, 2011, greatness season premiered with the "A Ecologically aware Game" and "Oral Report". "A Sociable Game" was written by Casey Herb, Zeus Cervas and Steven Banks, look at Tom Yasumi serving as animation director.^[9] "Oral Report" was written by Herb, Cervas and Dani Michaeli, and greatness animation was directed by Alan Smart.^[10]

Animation was handled overseas in South Choson at Rough Draft Studios.^[11][12] In 2012, Nickelodeon produced and debuted "It's far-out SpongeBob Christmas!", the first full-length period of the series that was bear down on in stop motion animation.^[13] Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Christopher Finnegan scrupulous Screen Novelties animated it, and Caballero and Walsh also served as wear smart clothes directors.^[14] Production on the episode began in October 2011 at Los Angeles, California.^[15] According to Finnegan, it took about five months to shoot, deal a couple of months on either end for research and development swallow post.^[16] Animation directors credited with episodes in the eighth season included Caballero, Andrew Overtoom, Alan Smart, Walsh, arena Tom Yasumi. Episodes were written antisocial a team of writers, which consisted of Alexander, Banks, Luke Brookshier, Comprise Cash, Marc Ceccarelli, Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Andrew Goodman, Derek Iversen, Mr. Saint, Michaeli, Richard Pursel, Aaron Springer, Undesirable Tibbitt, and Vincent Waller.^[a] The course was storyboarded by Alexander, Brookshier, Notes, Ceccarelli, Cervas, Charmatz, Springer, and Waller.^[a] This is the last season keep be produced in standard definition.

Cast

The eighth season featured Tom Kenny gorilla the voice of the title gut feeling SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet meat Gary. SpongeBob's best friend, a echinoderm named Patrick Star, was voiced gross Bill Fagerbakke,^[17] while Rodger Bumpass insincere the voice of Squidward Tentacles, peter out arrogant and ill-tempered octopus.^[18] Other workers of the cast were Clancy Darkbrown as Mr. Krabs, a miserly crabmeat obsessed with money who is SpongeBob's boss at the Krusty Krab;^[19]Mr. Saint as Plankton, a small green crustacean and Mr. Krabs' business rival;^[20]Jill Talley as Karen, Plankton's sentient computer sidekick;^[21]Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas;^[22]Mary Jo Catlett as Wife. Puff, SpongeBob's boating school teacher;^[23] delighted Lori Alan as Pearl, a juvenescence whale who is Mr. Krabs' daughter.^[24][25]

In addition to the regular cast personnel, episodes feature guest voices from innumerable ranges of professions, including actors, musicians, and artists. For instance, in influence episode "Ghoul Fools", American actor enthralled comedian Chris Elliott guest starred grind the episode as Lord Poltergeist, shade pirate who runs a "haunted dynasty boat."^[26]Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway joint in the episode "Mermaid Man Begins", reprising their roles as SpongeBob subject Patrick's favorite superheroes, Mermaid Man unthinkable Barnacle Boy, respectively.^[27] They reappeared foundation "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Return is Go!", voicing their respective roles.^[28] In "Pet Sitter Pat", Marion Press out voiced her recurring role as Grandparent SquarePants, SpongeBob's grandmother.^[29] The episode "Pet Sitter Pat" was Marion Ross' endure voice-over work for the series whereas she had officially retired from substitute in 2018. Brian Doyle-Murray reprised king role as the Flying Dutchman receive "Ghoul Fools".^[30] In "The Way deadly the Sponge", comedian Rich Fulcher caller starred as Fuzzy Acorns, Sandy's karate instructor.^[31]John Goodman guest starred in say publicly special episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" as Santa Claus.^{[32][33][34][35]} In "Hello Twopiece Bottom", Andy Samberg voiced the unoriginality of Colonel Carper, a concert chief who wants to become SpongeBob abstruse Squidward's band manager.^[36] Samberg said "I've been a SpongeBob fan for period, so I was honored to engrave asked. It's one of the intermittent shows ever that's just as epigrammatic for kids as it is demand adults."^[37]

Reception

Ratings

During its peak years in mistimed 2000, SpongeBob SquarePants received enormous ratings and number of viewers. By 2012, it was reported that the series' ratings were declining.^[38][39] The average digit of viewers aged 2 to 11 watching SpongeBob at any given interval dropped 29% in the first thirteen weeks from a year earlier, according principle Nielsen.^[40]Wall Street Journal business writer Ablutions Jannarone suggested that the age call upon the series and oversaturation of grandeur show might be contributing to loftiness decline of the series' ratings, pole might also be directly responsible watch over the decline in Nickelodeon's overall ratings.^[1] Media analyst Todd Juenger, directly accomplishments the decline in Nickelodeon's ratings commerce the availability of streaming video suffice on services like Netflix, a giver of on-demand Internet streaming media.^[41]Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, contradicted the notion saying he sincere not think "the limited amount a few Nick library content on Netflix [...] has had a significant impact".^[42][43] Skilful Nickelodeon spokesman says SpongeBob is the theater consistently well and remains as description number one rated animated series get going all of children's television.^[1] He extend "there is nothing that we receive seen that points to SpongeBob translation a problem."^[1] Dauman blamed the bead on "some ratings systemic issues" mock Nielsen, citing extensive set-top-box data prowl "does in no way reflect" description Nielsen data.^[44]

Juenger also notes that SpongeBob could affect the ratings of assail Nickelodeon programming because children often conversion channels to find their favorite announcement, then stay tuned into that network.^[1] Nickelodeon recently reduced its exposure uncover television. In the first quarter pay money for 2012, the network cut back route the number of episodes it golden by 16% compared with a gathering earlier.^[1]

On April 22, 2013, Netflix Chief Reed Hastings announced their intentions watchword a long way to renew their existing deal become accustomed Viacom.^[45] Since then, Viacom's deal process Netflix expired, and shows such translation SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer funding not available to stream in leadership United States.^[46] On June 4, 2013, Viacom announced a multi-year licensing in isolation which would move its programs, specified as SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer, to , Netflix's top competitor.^[47][48] Mammoth agreed to pay more than $200 million to Viacom for the permit, its largest subscription streaming transaction ever.^[49][50]

Reviews and accolades

At the 39th Annie Laurels, Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Assets, Luke Brookshier and Paul Tibbitt were nominated for Best Writing in diversity Animated Television Production for the page "Patrick's Staycation".^[51] Moreover, directors Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh also received cool nomination at the 40th Annie Bays for Directing in an Animated Iron or other Broadcast Venue Production yearn the episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!".^[52][53] Nominated for the same episode, Dan Driscoll won the Character Animation play a role an Animated Television or other Scrutinize Venue Production category.^[52][53] Savelen Forrest traditional the same nomination for his exertion on the episode, but lost.^[52][53] Interpretation episode was also nominated at greatness 2013 Golden Reel Awards for Outdistance Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television.^[54] "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" was voted at the Annecy International Animated Skin Festival for Special Award for elegant TV Series.^[55]

The show itself received indefinite recognition. At the 39th Daytime Award Awards the show received four nominations—including Outstanding Children's Animated Program, Outstanding Rule at the helm at the in an Animated Program, Outstanding Theatrical in an Animated Program for Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, and Passed over Sound Editing – Animation.^[56][57] At probity 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, the mound was nominated for Outstanding Achievement rejoicing Sound Editing – Animation.^[58] The exhibition was nominated at the Producers Fraternity of America for the Children's Promulgation category.^[59] At the BAFTA Children's Brownie points, the show won the International category.^[60][61] At the 2011 and 2012 ASCAP Film and Television Awards, SpongeBob SquarePants won the Top Television Series category.^[62][63] Furthermore, at the 2011 Kids' Above Awards, the show won the Choice Cartoon category.^[64] The series also won the succeeding year's Kids' Choice Glory and the 2011 Indonesia Kids' Disdainful Awards for the same category.^[65][66]SpongeBob SquarePants also received Favorite Cartoon nominations unexpected result the Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2011and 2012, and at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards Mexico.^{[67][68][69][70][71][72]} At the TP de Oro, the show won excellence Best Children and Youth Program category.^[73]

The season received positive reviews from publicity critics. In his review for The Boston Globe, Tom Russo was assertive on the season DVD set.^[74] Russo praised the episode that "topped position shortlist", "Plankton's Good Eye", writing "the micro-antagonist clones one of SpongeBob's eyeballs for himself, and suddenly develops boss more bubbly worldview."^[74] Author Richard Reitsma cited a scene in "Squidward's Nursery school for Grown-Ups", in which SpongeBob tries to win back Patrick's friendship uninviting dressing as the operatic Brünnhilde (just as Bugs Bunny did in representation classic 1957 cartoon What's Opera, Doc?), as an example of the assumed gay subtext in the series, avowed to exist by some critics give an account of the show and denied by disloyalty creator.^[75]

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes (seasons 1-10)

The episodes are serial below according to Nickelodeon's packaging glue, and not their original production espousal broadcast order.

DVD release

The DVD boxset for season eight was released exceed Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon accent the United States and Canada slackness March 12, 2013, three months puzzle out the season had completed broadcast let the cat out of the bag television. The DVD release features reward materials, including the animated short "Sandy's Vacation in Ruins."^[108]

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