Janice Burgess studied art history at Brandeis before working her way up through menial jobs (craft services, travel logistics) in kids’ TV. Eventually, she was hired as an executive at ...

Janice Burgess, the two-time Daytime Emmy winner who ... She graduated from Brandeis University in 1974 with a degree in art history and began her TV career as a volunteer at Pittsburgh PBS ...

show The Backyardigans. The show's creator, Janice Burgess, sadly passed away at 72 after a battle with breast cancer. Her death was confirmed to The New York Times by her friend Brown Johnson.