"T he Backyardigans" creator and former Nickelodeon executive Janice Burgess has died at 72. Representatives for Nickelodeon confirmed Burgess' death to USA TODAY in a statement on Tuesday. “We are ...

Janice Burgess, creator of the animated children’s series The Backyardigans, has died. Her death was confirmed by friend and former Gullah Gullah Island head writer Fracaswell Hyman on Instagram. Per ...

Janice Burgess, creator of The Backyardigans, has died. She was 72. Television writer Fracaswell Hyman shared the news on social media. “I met Janice Burgess early in my career when I was head writer ...

TikTok hooks can come from anywhere, whether it’s a beloved piece of dialogue from a movie or film, a song on the top of the Billboard charts, or—in the case of one of its latest success stories—a ...

After 16 years, the preschool show The Backyardigans has finally had its musical genius recognized. Much like the Little Einsteins theme song experienced a viral nostalgia resurgence via remixes ...

9 a.m. daily on Nickelodeon Episode: June 12, "Surf's Up" "The Backyardigans" is a 3-D CGI-animated children's program that is geared toward kids age 2 to 8. In the world of mind-numbing children's ...

The two-time Daytime Emmy winner and Nick Jr. exec said she put a lot of herself into the character Uniqua, whom she called a “ringleader.” By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Janice Burgess, the two-time ...

She oversaw production of “Blue’s Clues” and drew on her childhood for the popular show in which five cartoon animals imagine their yard as a place of otherworldly adventure. By Remy Tumin and John ...

Janice Burgess, the Nickelodeon executive who created “The Backyardigans,” has died. She was 72. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of the great architects of Nick Jr. and creator of the ...