An early contender for the song of the summer has arrived: "Castaways," a track from the Nickelodeon kids' cartoon "The Backyardigans." In the now-viral song, characters from the music-focused cartoon ...

When you are a parent, you quickly learn that your kids will inevitably get into shows or videos or learn songs that slowly chip away at your sanity because you will hear them over and over and over.

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, ...