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 ...
"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 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, ...
She oversaw production of “Blue’s Clues” and drew on her childhood for the popular show in which five cartoon animals imagine their yard as a place of otherworldly adventure. By Remy Tumin and John ...
Janice Burgess, who as an executive, producer or creator had a hand in some of the most seminal Nickelodeon animated series of the past 20 years, died Saturday in Manhattan, according to the New York ...
Janice Burgess, the Nickelodeon executive who created “The Backyardigans,” has died. She was 72. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of the great architects of Nick Jr. and creator of the ...