Nickelodeon viewers don’t have long to wait now to take in the hilarious, strange and utterly seaworthy, as SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone is now set to premiere Friday, January 13 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). The first-ever SpongeBob Universe crossover special will encore on Saturday, Jan. 14 and Sunday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon, followed by a rollout across Nickelodeon’s international channels next year.
Promising to offer comedy and caution, satire and stupidity through a multiverse where minds may switch, bodies may shrink and robots may rise, SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone is a journey into an hour of television where two dimensions can become three and French divers can wear black ties.
Narrated by the French Narrator, the one-hour special encompasses all three animated series within the SpongeBob Universe — SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show and the Paramount+ original series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years — and follows GrandPat (The Patrick Star Show) as he makes his way through each dimension.
The special features the voices of Bikini Bottom icons Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick Star), Jill Talley (Karen, Squidina), Cree Summer (Bunny Star), Tom Wilson (Cecil Star), Dana Snyder (GrandPat), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs), Mr. Lawrence (Plankton), Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy Cheeks) and Rodger Bumpass (Squidward).
Created by the late Stephen Hillenburg and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif., SpongeBob SquarePants launched the character-driven nautical nonsense of an incurably optimistic sea sponge and his friends onto the air on July 17, 1999. Since then, it has reigned as the most-watched animated series for nearly 20 consecutive years and spawned a universe of franchise expansions, consumer products and pop culture memes.
