The hugely popular yet, to many, utterly incomprehensible animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants” will return to Nickelodeon with 20 new episodes, starting in 2005. The surreal series about ...

LONDON — He’s worth a cool $4 billion at retail in the U.S., but can “SpongeBob SquarePants” give Nickelodeon the edge ... up 28% for the first half of 2005. But while the U.S. channel ...