What makes “SpongeBob” so great? To an outside viewer, the entire concept of the show may seem strange. A talking sponge befriends a lazy sea star and works for a crab as a fry cook. Is it this ...

The problems were seen in a study of 60 children randomly assigned to either watch "SpongeBob," or the slower-paced PBS cartoon "Caillou" or assigned to draw pictures. Immediately after these ...

CHICAGO — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in ...

Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob Squarepants star in "Saving Bikini Bottom." Photo courtesy of Netflix Lawrence, 57, has been voicing Cheeks, SpongeBob's scientist squirrel friend, since the show premiered ...

CHICAGO — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in ...

A still from 'Spongebob SquarePants' SpongeBob Squarepants is a cartoon for children. But the way some fans talk about it on social media, you'd assume it's a gritty drama about drug addiction, war, ...