ĭuring production of the season, Hillenburg disclosed that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a terminal illness that affects and causes the death of neurons that control the brain and the spinal cord. In September 2013, it was reported that the tenth season was in production and expected to air in 2014 however, season nine was elongated into and past that year, due to production of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. Ben Gruber, the co-creator of Adult Swim's Superjail!, joined the team of writers for this season. Prior to this, Waller served as the creative director and an occasional writer and storyboard director of the series, while Ceccarelli served as a staff writer and storyboard director (and eventually, the series' animatic director). The season is also the first to be run completely by Waller and Marc Ceccarelli, who had replaced Tibbitt as showrunners during the ninth season. This is the first season since the fifth that former showrunner and long-time crew member Paul Tibbitt did not work on as an executive producer, and the first in the show's history without Tibbitt's involvement. The season's only executive producer was series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who was announced to have returned to the series in January 2015. The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Tenth Season DVD was released in region 1 on October 15, 2019, and region 4 on October 7, 2020. Similarly, the show was nominated for a BAFTA Children's Award (Kids' Vote for Television), which it lost to The Next Step. The series was also nominated in various international versions of the Kids' Choice for the same category. The show received several accolades during the run of its tenth season, including the 2017 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon.
The showrunners for this season were Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller, who also acted as supervising producers.
It was executive produced by Hillenburg, and was the first season of the show not to involve long-time crew member and former showrunner Paul Tibbitt. The season was first announced on May 21, 2012. This season, which opened with "Whirly Brains" and finished airing with "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge", is the shortest in the show's history, containing 11 half-hours only instead of the usual length of 26. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The tenth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from October 15, 2016, to December 2, 2017.
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