The popular Nickelodeon cartoon debuted a new 15-minute episode Thursday on the popular social website. Nick said Wednesday that "SpongeBob SquarePants" has more than 16 million 'friends' on Facebook.

NEW YORK (AP) — "SpongeBob SquarePants" is giving Facebook friends a special treat. The popular Nickelodeon cartoon will debut a new 15-minute episode Thursday on the popular social website.

SpongeBob is no stranger to social media. In January, Nickelodeon broke new ground with the Facebook premiere of an original animated program, Trenchbillies, in advance of its TV debut.

Someone created a “Gangsta spongebob” Facebook page on September 18, 2011, which remains up to this day but purged of all posts. Twelve images remain in the page’s photo gallery.

And SpongeBob isn’t the only piece of IP getting a digital makeover. Viacom plans to launch a slate of digital shows across Snapchat, Facebook and YouTube based on major tentpole events, linear ...

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SpongeBob Squarepants 2 (Source: YouTube) SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - WTOC broke the news online on Facebook and Twitter and here on WTOC.com, and now Savannah Film Office has made it official. The Savannah ...