The CG-animated series (13 episodes) introduces 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants during his summer at sleepaway camp. The series is slated to begin production in June at Nickelodeon in Burbank.

Nickelodeon fans were blindsided by news that SpongeBob SquarePants would be drawing to an abrupt end on March 1. Since the show has been on the air since — jeez — 1999, this would have been ...