Season 10 was officially announced on May 21, 2012. This season was scheduled to premiere in 2014, but got delayed due to the production of "". The season premiered with the episode "Whirly Brains" on October 15, 2016, and ended on December 2, 2017 with the episode "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge". It is the shortest season of the series, having only 11 half-hours instead of 26; Vincent Waller said on his Twitter that this was due to accounting and contractual issues. The DVD for this season was released in region one on October 15, 2019, exactly three years after the season first premiered.