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According to Jay Lender, one of the writers for the show, there will be more episodes of SpongeBob made. :P
"I believe Nickelodeon is making a handful of new episodes right now, 10 or fewer. Steve's involvement is limited, but the show is in good hands with Paul Tibbitt."
Thanks to Barnacle Head from SpongeBob Area for the great info.

Nick taking over doesn't sound too appealing at first, but Paul Tibbitt can be trusted. And a 'limited' role by Steve is better than none.

There is no info as to when they will be aired, what episodes they are, etc. but the fact that the show will resume with new episodes is reassuring.

Despite our lack of knowledge for this, some speculations can be made.
-It will probably be Season Four.
-They should bring in better ratings than the original episodes.
-A possible Mermaidman and Barnacleboy VI?
-They will most likely air in 2005.

Again, nothing has been confirmed, other than the fact that there will be about 10 new episodes.

If anyone has some speculations to add on to the list, we'd love to hear them. :D
 
About time! They need to make more!
 
Update:

According to Sam Henderson, another writer from the show, the two main people won't be involved.
"I know that SB is going back into production, but I'm not involved (at least I think). I know that Paul Tibbitt is in charge and Steve Hillenburg & Derek Drymon are not."
Once again, thanks to SBA for the info.

Now it looks as is Steve isn't involved at all, and neither is Derek Drymon. That's not so good, but I still think that it's in good hands with Paul Tibbitt, and we can hope for the best. :D
 
Another update, thanks to SBA, of course. There's a good part and a bad part.

The bad part comes from Mr. Lender. When asked if this was like the Ren and Stimpy situation, here's his response:

"Nope. Nickelodeon did boot John K.off Ren and Stimpy (and with good reason), but that's not what's happening here. I assure you that Steve and Derek are exactly as involved as they want to be with the new episodes. As for me, I haven't been asked to return to the show as a writer (though I was offered a storyboard job on the feature more than once--turned it down)."

And from Sam Henderson, again.

"Thanks for your appreciation of my involvement, I was only hired during the third season when all the premises were in place. As for the new episodes, I know Steve just wanted to quit while ahead. My theory is that they want to be able to have an even 65. The real money in television is when a show is rerun in syndication, and 65 is the minimum amount to be eligible."

So basically, they're just making a few more episodes to get to 65, so Nick can get more money. It doesn't mean that the episodes won't be good, but I disagree with Nick's logic behind all this. If they're gonna make more episodes, they should wait until Steve and Derek want to, and go ahead and make a full fourth season. Instead, they want to rush it and just make a few episodes.

Now for the good part. Here's what Kaz, another original write from the show, has to say about this.

"Paul called me a few weeks ago to work on a SpongeBob or two. He said he wouldn't be ready for me until late June and July. Of course I said YES. He told me that Nickelodeon ordered four new half-hours. Ten makes more sense -- ----, why not do one more whole season? I believe the characters are strong enough work out 24 more stories."

So, there will be at least eight 11-minute episodes, and the production will start in June or July.

"I'm not sure what Paul Tibbitt is thinking about. I know that Carl Greenblatt (my second writing/storyboard directing partner) did a freelance storyboard for one of the new episodes under Paul Tibbitt. There's no gag order on information as far as I know."


This means that there will be yet another original crew member involved in this, so there shouldn't be much change in the episodes, despite the lack of Steve's involvement. :D
 
Yay! Go Spongebob! Go Spongebob! Go self!
 
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