Nickelodeon disputes a new report that watching just nine minutes of the program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds. By The Associated Press CHICAGO — The cartoon ...

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 ...

"I'm ready!" After 25 years, SpongeBob SquarePants has done what few cartoons have been able to do and grow with generations and trends.

Tom Kenny is, for lack of a better word, a sponge. Kenny has learned quite a bit from each of his endeavors, but it's SpongeBob that has led him to a side gig — which he knows catches people off-guard ...

Every once in a while, it's nice to escape to a world where you can live in a pineapple under the sea, indulge in a Krabby patty, or have a snail tuck you in at night. Thankfully, Nickelodeon is ...

A study published today in the medical journal Pediatrics has concluded that preschool-aged children who watch fast-paced TV cartoons performed significantly worse on executive function (like ...