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If you were looking for the article about Incidental 5, then see John.
5 (formerly known as Channel 5 and Five) is a UK free-to-air broadcasting service owned by Paramount Global's UK and Australia division. So far as of January 31, 2015, 5 has aired SpongeBob SquarePants on weekends every morning.
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- Even though SpongeBob regularly airs on weekends, it gets replaced sometimes. Throughout 2016-2019, the show was replaced by The Fairly OddParents and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the 2012 reboot and the Rise 2018 one). And a few times in 2022 and 2023, SpongeBob gets replaced by The Smurfs (2021 reboot) sometimes, and a repeat of the 2012 reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on June-August 2023.
- As of January 2026, 5 is currently airing season 9, with 9A premiering starting with "Extreme Spots." More new episodes to start every Saturday of November 8, 2025.
- On November 2, 2025, the channel started to air The Patrick Star Show, with season 1 episodes being released every Sunday, starting with "Bummer Jobs".
- The time the show starts has changed many times before November 2025.
- The first time the show started airing on 5, it was airing at 10:00am and it remained that way until The Smurfs came along.
- On July 9, 2022, SpongeBob aired at 10:10am instead.
- On May 6, 2023, to honor for King Charles III's coronation, 5 aired "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" at 11:25am until 12:15pm.
- As of October 2023, SpongeBob and The Smurfs aired a little earlier, with them airing 5 minutes earlier from 10am.
- On January 12, 2024, The Smurfs finished and SpongeBob was still airing, but the latter aired at 9:50am.
- As of March 2024, SpongeBob now airs at 8:50am, however when season 12 came on August 24, 2024, the show now airs at 8:55am, and it appears to now air from 9am as well at random airdates.
- As of November 1, 2025, SpongeBob now airs on a Saturday, while the spin-off Patrick Star Show airs on a Sunday
- SpongeBob also aired on 5's sister channel 5Star in July 2017, airing various episodes from seasons 4 and 5, albeit with some episodes not airing on the channel.
- Season 7 also had various episodes not air on the main 5 channel.
- CBBC is airing season 11 of SpongeBob as of August 23, 2025, however, 5 is still airing the show every weekend at 8:55am.