Janice Burgess, creator of the beloved children's TV series "The Backyardigans," is dead at 72. The former Nickelodeon executive had breast cancer.

In “The Backyardigans,” five cartoon animals — Tyrone, Tasha, Pablo, Austin and Uniqua — imagine their backyard as a place of adventure, traversing deserts, oceans, jungles, rivers and ...

Janice Burgess, Creator of ‘The Backyardigans,’ Dies at 72. 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 ...