Saturday, July 26, 2025

'SpongeBob SquarePants' Heads to CBBC In the U.K.

Nick News Brief: CBBC, the kids television brand of British public broadcaster BBC, has acquired the rights to Nickelodeon's beloved animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants!

'SpongeBob SquarePants' cast

At the time of posting, it's currently unknown how many seasons of SpongeBob CBBC has picked up, and whether the show will air on the CBBC channel and/or iPlayer, however, a show page for SpongeBob has appeared on the CBBC website with an episode guide for Season ("Series") 11.

Whilst it's not been too common for BBC/CBBC to acquire Nickelodeon programing in recent years, BBC has a long history of acquiring the rights to Nick shows dating back to the 1990s, including Rugrats, Kenan & Kel and Clarissa Explains It All. Nickelodeon also used to air a Children's BBC on Nickelodeon programming block, featuring preschool series from BBC. Similarly, the BBC's fellow pubcaster, ITV, along with it's children's TV arm, CITV, has also had a long relationship with Nickelodeon, airing shows such as Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and SpongeBob, along with a localised version of Finders Keepers. Most recently, ITV acquired the rights to Knuckles, Paramount+'s series set in the Sonic the Hedgehog movie universe, for its streaming service, ITVX.

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Originally published: July 26, 2025.

Sources: @Willzzz123@spongieupdates@JamesTheBrony, special thanks to RegularCapital for the news!

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