"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.

Janice Burgess, the longtime television executive behind some of Nickelodeon’s most adored shows for young children and the creator of The Backyardigans, died in hospice care in Manhattan on ...

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