"Looks like Nick is running out ideas. The show is doomed!" That's a real user comment made on Google's now-defunct Usenet in 1999 in regards to a brand-new show called "SpongeBob SquarePants," which ...
SpongeBob Squarepants has been on the air for a long, long time. The beloved animated kids’ series premiered on Nickelodeon way back on May 1, 1999. Ever since, it has been a pop culture juggernaut.