

At the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards the show received four nominations-including Outstanding Children's Animated Program, Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program, Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, and Outstanding Sound Editing -Animation. The series was also nominated in various international Kids' Choice Awards ceremonies for the same category. The show itself received several recognition, including the 20 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon. In 2011, SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip, an anthology series consisting of five 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.

The eighth season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from Mato December 6, 2012, and contained 26 episodes (47 segments), beginning with the episodes "A Friendly Game" and "Oral Report".
