- Janice Burgess
Janice Burgess is the creator and executive producer of "
The Backyardigans ", a CGI-animated series onNick Jr. running from 2004 to 2008 about five high-spirited friends and their imaginative, musical journeys.Burgess served as project manager for "Ghostwriter" at
Children's Television Workshop . In that position, she coordinated the efforts of the magazine, outreach and teacher materials with the content and goals of the television show.She joined Nickelodeon in 1995 as an executive-in-charge of production at Nick Jr and later became Vice President. In this capacity, she oversaw the production of Peabody and Emmy Award-wining Nick Jr. shows including "
Blue's Clues ", "Little Bill " and Whoopi’s Littleburg. She also served as co-executive producer of the Little Bill.Burgess grew up in the
Squirrel Hill neighborhood ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , and graduated fromThe Ellis School in 1974. [Owen, Rob. [http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/06281/727734-237.stm "Q&A with Janice Burgess"] , "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ",October 8 ,2006 . AccessedJanuary 18 ,2008 . "Landing Keys was a treat for series creator Janice Burgess, a Squirrel Hill native and a 1974 graduate of The Ellis School."]References
she also did work for nick jr's hit gullah gullah island
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