Sanjay and Craig

Sanjay and Craig is an American animated television series. It is produced by Nickelodeon. The series was first shown on May 25, 2013.^[1][2]

Sanjay and Craig
Also known as	Craig and Sanjay
Genre	Animation Comedy Adventure Slapstick
Created by	Jim Dirschberger Jay Howell Andreas Trolf
Directed by	Lindsey Pollard Alan Smart Tom Yasumi
Voices of	Maulik Pancholy Chris Hardwick Matt Jones Linda Cardellini Tony Hale Kunal Nayyar Grey DeLisle
Theme music composer	John Dwyer
Opening theme	"Sanjay and Craig", performed by Chris Hardwick and Maulik Pancholy
Composer	Matt Mahaffey
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12 (24 segments)[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jim Dirschberger Jay Howell Andreas Trolf Will McRobb Chris Viscardi
Producer	Thurop Van Orman
Editor	Steve Downs
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Forest City Rockers Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	May 25, 2013 (2013-05-25) – July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)
Related
Bob's Burgers

The show's creators are Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell. Howell is also the character designer on Bob's Burgers.^[3] Sanjay and Craig is being produced by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi,^[4] the creators of The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

The Theme song is almost sung by Chris Hardwick.

Plot

The show is about the adventures of the title characters, a 12-year-old Indian American^[5] human boy named Sanjay Patel, and his best friend, a talking snake named Craig. On a promotional webpage for the show, the network explains that Sanjay and Craig's adventures require that "nobody finds out that Craig can talk".^[6]

Cast

• Maulik Pancholy as Sanjay Patel,^[7] a twelve-year-old Indian-American boy. He goes on adventures with his best friend, Craig. Sanjay lives in an Indian populated town.
• Chris Hardwick as Craig,^[7] a talking snake that is the pet of Sanjay. Sanjay met Craig in a pet store.
• Linda Cardellini as Megan Sparkles^[7]
• Matt Jones as Hector Flanagan^[7]
• Tony Hale as Mr. Leslie Noodman^[7]
• Nika Futterman as Belle Pepper^[7]
• Kunal Nayyar as Vijay Patel,^[7] Sanjay's father who is an Indian.
• Grey DeLisle as Dr. Darlene Patel,^[7] Sanjay's mother who is an American doctor. She works in the hospital and tells Sanjay stories about her work.
• John DiMaggio as Mr. Noodman's Father