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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tyrone, the furry brown moose from the Nick Jr. Show “The Backyardigans,” will be coming to Crossroads Mall this Saturday to greet kids as they do their back-to-school shopping. Area children are ...

Over a decade after making their debut on TV, The Backyardigans have gone viral… thanks to TikTok. Music from the animated children's television series about a group of anthropomorphic animal pals — ...

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 ...