SpongeBob SquarePants

Original Air Date: 1999-Present

Network: Nickelodeon

No matter what your age group is, you like SpongeBob. You just do. It's true that a lot of the newer cartoons have thrown in a ton of "jokes for daddy," in order to make their ad nauseum viewing by children slightly more tolerable, but SpongeBob found the absolute perfect balance. Whether you're four or 40, you can find joy in this show. Oftentimes, SpongeBob will actually win out in the battle over "there's nothing good to watch on TV right now." Essentially it's about an idiot savant and an idiot, a.k.a. SpongeBob and Patrick, and their knuckleheaded escapades down in the sea town of Bikini Bottom. This show is not meant to be held under a microscope, as there is not a single thing that actually makes any connection with logic or actual aquatic science, but it sure is fun to behold. All SpongeBob wants to do is catch jellyfish in his jellyfishing net and work as a burger chef at The Krusty Krab and make Krabby Patties. He divides his time equally between inadvertently infuriating his next door neighbor, and co-worker, Squidward and suffering giant panic attacks about everyday life occurrences. He's a tremendous case study in both the easily "annoying" and the easily "annoyed."