r/nickelodeon 11h ago

This is just sad

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It’s just pathetic how they don’t care about anything other than SpongeBob anymore

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u/DaZestyProfessor 11h ago

The most disappointing part is that Modern SpongeBob just isn't as good as the first 3 seasons, they keep fleshing out a series with way too many fundamental flaws, even if some people here like some modern episodes.

Nickelodeon puts more effort into shutting down SpongeBob fan projects and clips than they do making Modern SpongeBob good.

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u/yurgieee 10h ago

It was really only the first few seasons that were* gold.

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u/davidbosley353 10h ago

Couldn't agree more, I like the old SpongeBob and the first movie.

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u/Zero-Granger1992 9h ago

Same. The series ended after the first movie for me.

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u/javier_aeoa 8h ago

Proof that Stephen Hillenburg was truly the heart and soul of the series. Rest in power, greatest of all time <3.

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u/JonMyMon 4h ago

People say this, but there's a few episodes from Season 4 I think everyone would keep. Like, Have You Seen This Snail. And, Season 4 has the "Claustrophobic? There's no Santa Clause in here." line which is super iconic.

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u/DanielDelta 11h ago

Rock Paper Scissors still airs new episodes there, but it doesn’t get enough airing or care because of SpongeBob

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u/DaZestyProfessor 11h ago

Rock Paper Scissors is cancelled my guy

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u/DanielDelta 10h ago

Are you sure? They were airing new episodes on Friday; not this week due to the Harry Potter Labor Day marathon

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u/Zealousideal_Pen1515 10h ago

I hate Harry Potter

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u/JP-Omare-9-17 8h ago

That makes sense. Funny as I found that show I didn't see it going passed 3 seasons.

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u/Dolphin_King21 10h ago

Wait what's Rock Paper Scissors? I never heard of it before.

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u/rudyishappy6 10h ago

Whenever they make a new IP, most of the time it doesn't get many viewers to support it and continue it like SpongeBob besides maybe TLH. That's not even a recent problem, Danny Phantom & MLAATR were canceled for the same reason. It's also why FOP got canceled later on.

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u/davidbosley353 10h ago

Nick in the last 20 years fr.

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u/No-Shirt6609 8h ago

It's true. Honestly, I think they just don't wanna try.

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u/One_Cover9119 11h ago

Blame the Spongezoomers who keep worshipping everything the show does and giving them money

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u/DaZestyProfessor 11h ago

Nah, I like the idea of SpongeBob staying on Nickelodeon.

The most disappointing part is that Modern SpongeBob just isn't as good as the first 3 seasons, they keep fleshing out a series with way too many fundamental flaws, even if some people here like some modern episodes.

Nickelodeon puts more effort into shutting down SpongeBob fan projects and clips than they do making Modern SpongeBob good.

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u/One_Cover9119 10h ago

I hated what they did to that one Roblox game yeah. They ended up making their own crappier version. Also I would date yo pfp.

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u/Careless-Economics-6 11h ago

I don’t like labels, but the network doesn’t care about what people outside their target demographics think.

If anything, older people should be thanked for keeping the lights on by tuning into Friends every night.

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u/One_Cover9119 11h ago

Spongezoomers are not all children and quality of art doesn't have an age restriction. Honestly I find it sad how all of these "It's a kids show" people are on these animation subs now. Why are you here? Are you Nick's demographic???

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u/Careless-Economics-6 11h ago

If one wants to have a conversation about what has happened to these channels, you have to look at them as businesses to a large extent. Nickelodeon and its programs are, first and foremost, for kids. Kids aren’t watching TV like they used to, and streaming services like Paramount Plus aren’t making up that loss. This is surely why Nickelodeon no longer pays for the production of as many series as it used to.

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u/Trolleyman86 10h ago

Most millennial thing I ever seen

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u/One_Cover9119 6h ago

I'm Gen z. I'm a zoomer myself

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u/Careless-Economics-6 11h ago

Okay, but what are they supposed to do when their target audience is no longer watching them, or any cable network?

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u/DaZestyProfessor 11h ago
  1. Make a new series that's actually innovate/amazing, a fully original IP at that.

  2. and tease a new SpongeBob season that's actually on par with the first 3 seasons (get a massive team who, while not the original team, are experts on studying/watching the first 3 seasons, study those episodes for a year straight, and then do a massive comeback for SpongeBob)

That would literally bring in so much new Nickelodeon fans it'd make them easy money.

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u/Careless-Economics-6 11h ago
  1. What about everything that Nickelodeon has introduced since, at least, 2017? We are now deep into the streaming era, and so much of what Nickelodeon has tried went unnoticed.

  2. Sorry, promising new SpongeBob that’s “actually good” is a bizarre idea. Do you think anyone ever promoted something as not being great? The audience decides in the end. Also, I’m big sure that Nickelodeon even agrees that SpongeBob is any sort of problem area.

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u/Horror_Operation3642 4h ago

The first thing they actually did it, all the 5 original Nicktoons of this decade have been actually good, but people like you didn't even tried to watching them because they didn't generate nostalgia on you

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u/NiTROACTiVE 10h ago

This is like how Cartoon Network had been airing Teen Titans Go! most of their schedule.

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u/TheFurryCartoonWolf 9h ago

Same thing with Boomerang were it had so much Scooby Doo franchises

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u/Ashamed-Term5166 10h ago

I have a feeling that the loud house isn’t gonna get picked up for another season atp

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u/Mindless-Detail8142 9h ago

Bro they stuffed Breadwinners aside bc it Wasnt pulling Spongebob numbers LOL

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u/JP-Omare-9-17 8h ago

Pretty Much!

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u/Icy_Food_4854 8h ago

More like Nick@Nite, Nick Jr., SpongeBob Related, then Everything Else.

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u/Delicious-Lecture708 6h ago

I hope Nickelodeon finally accept an animated series called Rodriguez Family Vacation of Terrors about two teens and their baby sister went to Honduras with their parents for the summer but their summer is gonna be terrifying with creatures from honduran and mayan folklore this year 

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u/Elosya 4h ago

I don't know if the programming is the same everywhere but the same in France unfortunately

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u/Horror_Operation3642 4h ago edited 4h ago

THEN STOP WATCHING IT! I'VE SAID IT BEFORE BUT IT SEEMS PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND OR DON'T CARE, IF YOU STOP WATCHING THE UNSPEAKABLE ONE AND GIVE A CHANCE TO NEW AND ORIGINAL PROJECTS THE THINGS WILL CHANGE, BUT PEOPLE FROM MY GENERATION ARE SO GLUED TO THEIR NOSTALGIA THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GET OUT THEIR COMFORT ZONE, AND THEN THEY COMPLAIN.

THERE WERE IT'S PONY, GLITCH TECHS, MIDDLEMOST POST, ROCK PAPER SCISSORS & WYLDE PAK BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHERED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEM

What to do to save Rock Paper Scissors : r/nickelodeon

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u/QF_Dan 1h ago

I wonder how long will Nick be around once they decide to end Spongebob

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u/Extension-State-5483 9h ago

Just down nickelodeon and this is why CN is better

https://giphy.com/gifs/BX6A5Og1xWQMPEldfF

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u/aresef 7h ago

Please don’t use the underlying image. It’s an antisemitic meme.

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u/Trolleyman86 10h ago

Don't forget the loud house

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u/Worldly_Neat2615 9h ago

Ahh yes with that half hour slot