SpongeBob SquarePants (Filipino)

Broadcast
SpongeBob SquarePants first aired on the Radio Philippines Network (RPN 9) from 2002 to 2004. After RPN lost its rights of airing Nickelodeon shows, ABC 5 (later known as TV5) launched Nick on ABC/TV5 in 2006, in a block called Nick sa TV5 (Nick on TV5).

SpongeBob SquarePants episodes were later dubbed for the first time into Filipino on August 11, 2008, three days after ABC 5 was relaunched into TV5, making them the first Nick broadcaster on Philippine free TV to do so.

The show aired every 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM. The network ended its contract with Nickelodeon on June 30, 2010.

SpongeBob SquarePants was also aired on Q Channel 11 (now known as GMA News TV) weekday mornings until February 18, 2011. ABS-CBN launched Nick Time (later Nickelodeon on ABS-CBN) on July 26, 2010 at 8:30 AM under their Team Animazing time block.

SpongeBob SquarePants was among others shown during Nick Time, thus continuing the Filipino dub that was started by TV5.

However, ABS-CBN's airing of SpongeBob SquarePants was criticized for having a majority of episodes edited and cut short due to lack of time and due to the amount of commercials. SpongeBob SquarePants ended on October 8, 2011 and replaced by Go, Diego, Go!, The Penguins of Madagascar, and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera on October 15, 2011.

After a week, SpongeBob SquarePants went back to air. Studio 23 (now known as ABS-CBN S+A), ABS-CBN's UHF affiliate, launched Nickelodeon on Studio 23 on October 4, 2010. Like its mother station ABS-CBN, programs are dubbed in Filipino/Tagalog. The Nickelodeon on Studio 23 block temporarily ended in October 2011 and returned in January 2012.

After 4 years, Nickelodeon on Studio 23 ended airing its block on January 16, 2014 to pave way for the airing of ABS-CBN S+A. Nickelodeon on ABS-CBN S+A was launched on January 20, 2014 and all of its shows are reverted to its original English language rather than Filipino-dubbed.

The Filipino/Tagalog dub aired weekdays in the morning on ABS-CBN. Since the launch of ABS-CBN's new soft-run channels, the show now airs on its new kids' channel, Yey! with the Filipino dub, airing in order (by season), thus replacing the now defunct airing on ABS-CBN S+A.

The show aired on ABS-CBN every Sunday morning at 8:30am, airing one episode in syndication.

However, in May 5, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order on ABS-CBN's broadcast operations and later, in June 30, 2020, the Yey! channel has ceased to air due to the imposed alias cease-and-desist order. This leaves the local Nickelodeon channel becoming the only broadcaster of the show for sometime.

According to the dubbing director, Bernie Malejana, it is unknown when the dub will return.

Nickelodeon (Philippines)
SpongeBob SquarePants has always been in English on Nickelodeon (Philippines).

All of the programs aired on Nickelodeon (Philippines) are in English. The only difference is that some parts of SpongeBob SquarePants which were found not suitable for Filipino audiences were not included and are removed in the Nickelodeon (Philippines) version.

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