CHICAGO (AP) -- 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 ...

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 ...

PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Oh, barnacles! "SpongeBob SquarePants" is in hot water again. A University of Virginia Professor claims the cartoon and others like it can cause short-term attention and learning ...

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 4-year-olds.

CHICAGO (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

While it doesn’t have the grandeur and sense of scale of previous SpongeBob films, The SpongeBob Movie: Search For ...

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 4-year-olds.

Absorbent and yellow and porous he may be, but a new study suggests “Spongebob Squarepants” is also rotting your 4-year-old’s brains. Children of that age who watch just 9 minutes of the wildly ...

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 ...