Our open philosophy to give audiences access to everything they love, and our commitment to making relevant and innovative content, have put us at the top of cable, VOD and online. Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon & MTVN Kids and Family Group, said, "The strength of the Nickelodeon brand comes from how we embrace everything important to kids, and how we are with them virtually everywhere they want us to be. On March 13, 2008, during the broadcast of the sixth season, the network renewed the show for a seventh season, with 26 episodes in order.
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The season's executive producers were series creator Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the series' showrunner. The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon. Furthermore, at the 38th Annie Awards, the show won for Best Animated Television Production for Children. The episode "That Sinking Feeling" was nominated at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program. The series won the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards in the category of Favorite Cartoon. The SpongeBob SquarePants: Complete Seventh Season DVD was released in Region 1 on December 6, 2011, Region 2 on September 17, 2012, and Region 4 on September 12, 2012. Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released. A number of guest stars appeared on the season's episodes. In 2011, Legends of Bikini Bottom, an anthology series consisting of episodes from the season, was launched. The season was executive produced by series creator Hillenburg and writer Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the showrunner. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. It contained 26 episodes (50 segments), beginning with the episode "Tentacle Vision"/"I Heart Dancing". The seventh season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from Jto June 11, 2011.