Sanjay and Craig

Sanjay and Craig is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon from May 25, 2013 to July 29, 2016, for three seasons and sixty episodes. It had a poor beginning.

Plot
The series follows the exploits of the title characters, a 12-year-old Indian-American boy named Sanjay Patel, and his best friend, an anthropomorphic snake named Craig Slithers. On a promotional webpage for the show, the network explains that Sanjay and Craig's suburban hijinks require that "no one finds out that Craig can talk".

Why It's Mixed
Most of its first season was terrible or bad, but a few good and great episodes in it. Season 2 was when it officially improved.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The comedy in the first season (or to a lesser extent, the second season) of the show consists of mostly immature-levels of either toilet or gross-out humor, mostly with jokes about either butts, farts, vomiting, or other kinds of gross-out humor. This was toned down a good deal in Season 3, however, and some episodes in Season 1 didn't have it that bad (or at all).
 * 2) Uninteresting visuals.
 * 3) Racist stereotyping for Indians, especially with Sanjay's dad.
 * 4) Inappropriate names for characters, such as Mr. Noodman (sounding like "nude man") and the Dicksons (containing the word "Dick").
 * 5) Several characters are unlikable, notably Mr. Noodman, whose hatred of snakes gets rather annoying (although we learn in one episode why he hates snakes).
 * 6) The theme song is lame and annoying, as it has a terrible rhythm and is more of a "so bad it's good" type song, much like the show itself.
 * 7) There is a disturbing episode called "Fart Baby", in which Sanjay literally becomes pregnant with a fart bubble.
 * 8) It contains twerking, which is inappropriate for a series made specifically for children.
 * 9) At times, it tries too hard to appeal to children. Notably, there are some references to viral videos and YouTube.
 * 10) The animation and art style leave much to be desired: the character designs are ugly and resemble characters from mh:besttvshows:Bob's Burgers. This was because Jay Howell designed the characters for both series. The backgrounds are ugly as well.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The show improved in the third season (or to a lesser extent, Season 2), with less toilet and gross-out humor and some surrealism or some tearful and heartwarming moments. To quote the creators, "We wanted less fart, more heart".
 * 2) Some characters are likable, such as Sanjay's parents, Meagen Sparkles, and Belle Peeper.
 * 3) There are some very hidden morals in this show.
 * 4) Some moments in this show are hillarious.
 * 5) Some episodes, including "The Giving G", "Release the Craigan", "A Tale of Two Slithers", "Huggle Day", and the series finale "Booyah for Bollywood", were decent to great.
 * 6) The background designs can range from decent to great.

Reception
Sanjay and Craig received mostly mixed-to-negative reviews from the critics and viewers alike. It has currently holds a 4.4/10 on IMDb and 4.4/10 on TV.com.

Saberspark placed this on #9 on his Top 10 WORST Nickelodeon Cartoons.