<P> Since its debut on May 1 , 1999 , SpongeBob SquarePants has broadcast 218 episodes , and its eleventh season premiered on June 24 , 2017 . The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , a feature - length film , was released in theaters on November 19 , 2004 and grossed over US $140 million worldwide . Atlantis SquarePantis , a television film guest starring David Bowie , debuted as part of the fifth season . In 2009 , Nickelodeon celebrated the show 's tenth anniversary with Square Roots : The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants and SpongeBob 's Truth or Square . The SpongeBob Movie : Sponge Out of Water , a stand - alone sequel , was released in theaters on February 6 , 2015 and grossed over US $324 million worldwide . </P>
<P> Since its debut on May 1 , 1999 , SpongeBob SquarePants has broadcast 218 episodes , and its eleventh season premiered on June 24 , 2017 . The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , a feature - length film , was released in theaters on November 19 , 2004 and grossed over US $140 million worldwide . Atlantis SquarePantis , a television film guest starring David Bowie , debuted as part of the fifth season . In 2009 , Nickelodeon celebrated the show 's tenth anniversary with Square Roots : The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants and SpongeBob 's Truth or Square . The SpongeBob Movie : Sponge Out of Water , a stand - alone sequel , was released in theaters on February 6 , 2015 and grossed over US $324 million worldwide . </P>
when do new episodes of spongebob squarepants air
when do new episodes of spongebob squarepants air
June 24 , 2017
June 24 , 2017