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 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, whom Pancholy had portrayed in live-action from 2005 to 2012.