Janice Burgess, the Emmy-winning creator of Nickelodeon's The Backyardigans, has died. She was 72. According to The New York Times, Burgess died Saturday in hospice care in Manhattan. On Tuesday, ...

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, a former Nickelodeon executive and the creator of the popular preschool tv series The Backyardigans, has died in Manhattan. She was 72. The cause of death was breast cancer, according ...

Corus Entertainment Inc. CJR-B-T plans to wind down five kids’ channels later this summer as the broadcaster continues to cope with advertising revenue challenges. The company says in a statement it ...