In any event, I hope all this renewed appreciation for The Backyardigans leads to a new generation of kids discovering the depth and charm of a show about five kid friends (a penguin, a moose, a ...

“ The Backyardigans has become sort of like an adventure that I go on with my friends. Of course, we get paid, but we do get to be carefree in our work, enjoy each other, hang around a lot ...

Janice Burgess, creator of the beloved children's TV series "The Backyardigans," is dead at 72. ... a friend who told The New York Times she died of breast cancer.

"The Backyardigans Live! Tale of the Mighty Knights" is based on the primetime Nickelodeon special, which premiered Jan. 14. It follows Nickelodeon's backyard friends, Uniqua and Tyrone, as they ...

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America announced new performances of 'The Backyardigans Live! Tale of the Mighty Knights' throughout 2008 and into 2009. The national touring production will visit ...

The Backyardigans Live! includes some of the same creative team that produces The Backyardigans for Nick Jr. television, including Emmy-nominated writer Adam Peltzman, and choreographer Beth Bogush.

R.I.P. Janice Burgess, creator of The Backyardigans. In 1998, she produced the pilot for My Friends And Me, a full-body, live-action puppet show starring a penguin, a moose, a hippopotamus, and a ...

The creator of kids' TV show The Backyardigans has died aged 72.. Janice Burgess' passing was confirmed in a heartbreaking social media post by animation writer Fracaswell Hyman. Penning the news ...

Janice Burgess, creator of Nickelodeon’s “The Backyardigans,” died on Saturday in hospice care in Manhattan, according to The New York Times.She was 72. “We are saddened to learn of the ...

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 ...

Janice Burgess Dies: Nickelodeon Executive Who Oversaw ‘Blues Clues’ Development, Created ‘The Backyardigans’ Was 72. By Tom Tapp. ... Instead of an overseer, she became a friend.