 The show itself received several recognition . At the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards the show received four nominations — including Outstanding Children 's Animated Program , Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program , Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles , and Outstanding Sound Editing - Animation . At the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards , the series was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Animation . The show was nominated at the Producers Guild of America for the Children 's Program category . At the BAFTA Children 's Awards , the show won the International category . At the 2011 and 2012 ASCAP Film and Television Awards , SpongeBob SquarePants won the Top Television Series category . Furthermore , at the 2011 Kids ' Choice Awards , the show won the Favorite Cartoon category . The series also won the succeeding year 's Kids ' Choice Awards and the 2011 Indonesia Kids ' Choice Awards for the same category . SpongeBob SquarePants also received Favorite Cartoon nominations at the Kids ' Choice Awards Argentina 2011 and 2012 , and at the 2012 Kids ' Choice Awards Mexico . At the TP de Oro , the show won the Best Children and Youth Program category . 
