Comments on: SpongeBob Turns 10; Still A Yellow, Porous Ratings Absorber

By: Bad Robot !

Bad Robot ! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:24:26 +0000

Elaine from Seinfeld should do a guest spot on SpongeBob and declare him “spongeworthy”.

By: Anil

Anil — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:44:01 +0000

Still A Yellow, Porous BRAIN WASHER!!

By: 5506

5506 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:15:29 +0000

My is guess is that some, mostly, or all of the Top 20 Ratings for Cable will be filled with New, Rerun episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants.

By: jay

jay — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:51:48 +0000

First,on topic: Spongebob is, with the differences you would expect bewteen the 1950′s and 1990′s, the Looney Tunes of our times, with visually memorable main characters – and malleable, not to say tearable, foldable, mutilatable,and all back in one piece within five seconds. Second, on cable in general — read somebody else’s USA Today -given my contempt for their Lifeline section, the somebpody else above is not superfluous. Of course, the always transparently biased critic Robert Bianchi treated the ” empowering” new Lifetime series ” Diva ” like spun gold,( it got a full-two page spread )and mocked the Scifi show Warehouse 13, even cattily ripped the change of name to Syfy ( which I sort of agree with, and is an obvious point not worth calling “stupid.” ) Because even a critic you have less than zero respect for can have a subliminal effect,I avoided all but the last hour of W-13, and I could see why a dogmatist slavishly following a lockstep editorial policy would not like it. It was much better than Bianchi said, asI’m sure Real Housewives, Diva, Flava Fave etc are far worse than he says. I hope W-13 succeeds. With propaganda rags, widely read, like USA Today against the whole idea of a channel even partly for the evil, brutish 18-35 male,they made need even just semi-committed viewers to make it.

By: R.G

R.G — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:04:01 +0000

I used to watch the show as a kid in the early 00′s (I’m 18 now btw), and I’m glad the show is still there. I thought it would be canceled by now, but no it’s been the 2000′s “Rugrats”, and I’m glad it has. I always knew it always could be. So thanks SpongeBob for 10 years of entertaining the world.

By: forg

forg — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:56:11 +0000

cheers to Spongebob!

By: JerzyBoy

JerzyBoy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:54:35 +0000

Spongebob is usually great, but newer episodes have been way below par, even for kid’s toon. I guess after 10 years that’s to be expected. Sometimes shows go on too long, or writers get burned out and are replaced by less-gifted writers. So I’m not surprised SB is no longer number one; overexposure, time and aforementioned drop-off in quality have all taken their toll.

Still, SB hasn’t suffered as much as that crappy Fairly Oddparents. I used to love it, now it sets my teeth on edge. COSMO MUST DIE!!!!

By: RJ

RJ — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:02:17 +0000

I read in TV Guide that all the Spongebob stuff brings in like 8 BILLION DOLLARS a year! I may have misread it, but I’m pretty sure thats what is said.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:06:27 +0000

While the show is definitely lacking quality and laugh-out-loud humor these days, it’s still a carefree joy to watch. I think that’s the reason why so many tune in. It’s hard not to smile during Spongebob, even after a miserable day.

By: Chief

Chief — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:13:03 +0000

LONG LIVE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!