Janice Burgess, the creator behind the hit Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans, is dead. She was 72. Burgess died of breast cancer in hospice care on Saturday, Brown Johnson, a longtime friend, told The ...

A major force in children's television has died. Janice Burgess oversaw popular Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon shows such as "Blue's Clues." As NPR culture correspondent Anastasia Tsioulcas reports, she was ...

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 on ...

Modeling for the Daily News can launch a show-business career. Just ask 12-year-old Jordan Coleman, the voice of Tyrone the easygoing moose on Nickelodeon’s hit Nick. Jr. cartoon “The Backyardigans.” ...

CHAMPAIGN – Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America will bring its new, national touring production of "The Backyardigans Live! Tale of the Mighty Knights" to the University of Illinois Assembly Hall ...

While no cause of death has been immediately revealed, her passing was confirmed by fellow animation writer Fracaswell Hyman in social media posts. He shared an image of Burgess enjoying her time in a ...

Janice Burgess, the two-time Daytime Emmy winner who created the beloved animated musical series The Backyardigans for Nickelodeon, has died. She was 72. Burgess died Saturday in hospice care in ...

"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, the Nickelodeon television executive who oversaw shows like Blue Clues, Little Bill, and The Backyardigans, has died at 72. She's... Janice Burgess, Nickelodeon executive who created ...

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 passing of ...