


This is the first season since the fifth that former showrunner and long-time crew member Paul Tibbitt did not work on as an executive producer, and the first in the show's history without Tibbitt's involvement. The season's only executive producer was series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who was announced to have returned to the series in January 2015. The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon. The SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Tenth Season DVD was released in region 1 on October 15, 2019, and region 4 on October 7, 2020. Similarly, the show was nominated for a BAFTA Children's Award (Kids' Vote for Television), which it lost to The Next Step. The series was also nominated in various international versions of the Kids' Choice for the same category. The show received several accolades during the run of its tenth season, including the 2017 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon. The showrunners for this season were Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller, who also acted as supervising producers. It was executive produced by Hillenburg, and was the first season of the show not to involve long-time crew member and former showrunner Paul Tibbitt. The season was first announced on May 21, 2012. This season, which opened with "Whirly Brains"/"Mermaid Pants" and finished airing with "Feral Friends"/"Don't Wake Patrick", is the shortest in the show's history, containing 11 episodes only instead of the usual length of 26 episodes. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob gets in over his head when he volunteers to babysit Sandy's three nieces.The tenth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from October 15, 2016, to December 2, 2017. Sandy talks about the nightly adventures of Gary and his secret friend Spot. SpongeBob and Patrick work a day on Old Man Jenkins' farm, much to his dismay.

Season 12 is expected to begin on Novemand end in 2020. On August 18, 2017, Vincent Waller confirmed on Twitter that the first script of season 12 is finished, and shared a photo of the script, revealing a writer of the episode, Kaz. On June 21, 2017, Lori Alan confirmed on Instagram that voice-recording for season 12 had started, and shared a photo showing three words from an untitled season 12 episode script.
