Sanjay and Craig is an American animated sitcom created by Jim Dirschberger, Jay Howell, and Andreas Trolf for Nickelodeon. The series follows Sanjay Patel and Craig Slithers as they have comedic adventures around the town of Lundgren, often involving their parents Vijay and Darlene. Sanjay is named after the character of the same name from the American dark comedy-drama series Weeds.