SpongeBob SquarePants is the top-rated show on broadcast or cable among youngsters 2 to 11 (even though an estimated 22% of its audience is 18 or older), the program is light-hearted and funny ...

SpongeBob SquarePants is one of the most beloved kids' shows of all time - but it's likely based on a real-life tragedy, including the death of an 11-year-old boy.

Ahead of his death, Hillenburg was still overseeing Spongebob's production as it entered Season 12 on November 11, 2018. Season 12 of the underwater animated series was given a 26-episode pickup.

Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series Spongebob SquarePants that began in 1999 and bloomed ... His death comes just weeks after the passing of another cartoon ...

Steven Hillenburg, "SpongeBob SquarePants" creator, dead at 57 00:18. Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the hit Nickelodeon show "SpongeBob SquarePants," has died, the network announced Tuesday.

Stephen Hillenburg, the visionary creator of "SpongeBob SquarePants" died Monday, Nickelodeon and Jessica Berger, a rep for his family, confirmed to USA TODAY. The cause of death was ALS. ALS, or ...

Hillenburg announced that he had been diagnosed with ALS in March of 2017, and his official cause of death was cardiopulmonary failure due to the disease. SpongeBob . Nickelodeon ...

Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon‘s signature cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants, died on Monday.He was 57. The animator and former marine biology instructor created a powerhouse ...