Episodes
Including the pilot, there are 334 total individual SpongeBob SquarePants episodes that have aired. There are still some episodes that have been announced but have still not yet aired. Season 9 has been announced and will have 26 new episodes bringing the number of episodes up to 204 making SpongeBob as the first Nicktoon to have 200 or more episodes. Season 9 started on July 21, 2012 and will air episodes 179–204.
| Season | Episodes/(segments) | Season premiere | Season finale | DVD releases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||||
| 1 | 20 / (41) | May 1, 1999 | April 8, 2000 | October 28, 2003 | November 7, 2005 | November 30, 2006 | |
| 2 | 20 / (39) | October 26, 2000 | July 26, 2003 | October 19, 2004 | October 23, 2006 | November 30, 2006 | |
| 3 | 20 / (37) | October 5, 2001 | October 11, 2004 | September 27, 2005 | December 3, 2007 | November 8, 2007 | |
| 4 | 20 / (38) | May 6, 2005 | July 24, 2007 | September 12, 2006 | November 3, 2008 | November 7, 2008 | |
| January 9, 2007 | |||||||
| 5 | 20 / (41) | February 19, 2007 | July 19, 2009 | September 4, 2007 | November 16, 2009 | December 2, 2009 | |
| November 18, 2008 | |||||||
| 6 | 26 / (47) | March 3, 2008 | July 5, 2010 | December 8, 2009 | November 29, 2010 | December 2, 2010 | |
| December 7, 2010 | |||||||
| 7 | 26 / (50) | July 19, 2009 | June 11, 2011 | December 6, 2011 | September 17, 2012 | ||
| 8 | 26 / (47) | March 26, 2011 | November 23, 2012 (CBS) December 6, 2012 (Nickelodeon) |
March 12, 2013 | |||
| 9 | 26 | July 21, 2012 | |||||
| 10 | |||||||
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