The Backyardigans

The Backyardigans is an animated musical children's television series created by Janice Burgess for Nickelodeon and runs on October 11, 2004 to July 12, 2013.

The Backyardigans
Genre	Animation Adventure Comedy Musical
Created by	Janice Burgess
Directed by	Chris Giggie (season 1) Mike Shiell (seasons 1–2) Dave Palmer (seasons 3–4)
Voices of	LaShawn Tináh Jefferies Jake Goldberg Christopher Grant Jr. Gianna Bruzzese Jonah Bobo
Composers	Evan Lurie Douglas Wieselman
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	80 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Janice Burgess Kay Wilson Stallings Scott Dyer Doug Murphy Robert Scull Jonny Belt
Running time	21–23 minutes
Production companies	Nickelodeon Animation Studio Nickelodeon Studios Florida (pilot) Nick Jr. Digital (pilot) Nelvana
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (seasons 1-2) Nick Jr. Channel (seasons 3-4)
Release	October 11, 2004 (2004-10-11) – July 12, 2013 (2013-07-12)

The show ran for four seasons totaling 80 episodes. Most episodes are on weekday mornings. In 2009, the show was planned to continue beyond the fourth season. However, in 2010, the show's creator Janice Burgess decided to move onto a different show: Nickelodeon's revival of "Winx Club". Burgess worked as a creative director and writer for "Winx Club" before retiring from Nickelodeon in 2014.

Characters

• Uniqua (voiced by LaShawn Tinah Jefferies in the US dub, and Lizzie Waterworth in UK dub) is a pink unique creature.
• Pablo (voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen (season 1) and Jake Goldberg (seasons 2-4) in the US dub, and Janet James in the UK dub) is a blue penguin.
• Tyrone (voiced by Reginald Davis Jr. (seasons 1-2), Jordan Coleman (seasons 2-3) and Christopher Grant Jr. (season 4) in the US dub, and Maria Darling (seasons 1-2) and Emma Tate (seasons 3-4) in the UK dub) is an orange moose.
• Tasha (voiced by Naelee Rae (seasons 1-2) and Gianna Bruzzese (seasons 3-4) in the US dub, and Maria Darling (seasons 1-2) and Emma Tate (seasons 3-4) in the UK dub) is a yellow hippopotamus.
• Austin (voiced by Jonah Bobo in the US dub, and Lizzie Waterworth in UK dub) is a purple kangaroo.

Crew

• Supervising Producers: Jane Crawford, Pam Westman
• Art Director: Rob Walton
• Modeling and Texturing: Stefanie Gignac
• Lip Sync Artist: Hong Qi
• Picture Editor: Maggie Greenwald
• Education Consultant: Lori Plummer, M.Ed.
• Storyboard Artists: Chris Giggie ("Riding the Range", "The Key to the Nile", "Knights Are Brave and Strong", "Viking Voyage", "Polka Palace Party" & "Race Around the World"), Lyndon Ruddy (seasons 3-4), Steven Boeckler
• Storybord Revisionist & Storyboard Artist: John D. Williamson
• Design: Lyndon Ruddy (seasons 3-4)
• Animation Department and Splitting Supervisor: Lyndon Ruddy
• Animation Department: Dave Pemberton, Chris Giggie, John D. Williamson
• Dialogue Editor: Glenn Barna
• Sound Effects Editor: Glenn Barna
• Scanner: Don Spencer

Episodes

Main article: List of The Backyardigans episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	20[1]		October 11, 2004 (2004-10-11)	June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)
2	20[2]		October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)	January 17, 2008 (2008-01-17)
3	20[3]		January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14)	June 5, 2009 (2009-06-05)
4	20[4]		October 26, 2009 (2009-10-26)	July 12, 2013 (2013-07-12)[5]

Home media

In the United States, the show's 80 episodes were released across a series of 21 DVD releases. Ten episodes of the first season were also released to VHS across five volumes. Viacom's Paramount Home Media Distribution published all of the show's video releases. Outside North America, Paramount released DVDs under a separate deal with Nelvana, with this worldwide deal later transitioning to Fremantle Home Entertainment.^[6]

Broadcast

The show aired on Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States and Treehouse TV in Canada.