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About Lashawn Tináh Jefferies
- The Backyardigans is a CGI-animated musical children's TV series created by Janice Burgess.
- The series was written and recorded at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, with animation provided by Nelvana.
- It centers on a group of five anthropomorphic best friends who use their imaginations to embark on fantastic adventures in their shared backyard.
- Each episode is set to a different musical genre like reggae, country, or rock, and features at least four songs, performed by the characters with original choreography. The series was based upon a live-action pilot produced in 1998 titled Me and My Friends.
- The pilot featured life-sized puppets who danced to songs on an indoor stage.
- In 2001, Nickelodeon's studio in New York retooled the concept into an animated pilot, using motion capture techniques to animate the dances.
- The newer pilot was greenlit, and the series entered production as a co-production between Nickelodeon and Nelvana.
- Nickelodeon called the show "a home-grown Nick Jr.
- property," as "the whole creative team...
- [had] been part of the Nick Jr.
- family for years."A total of 80 episodes were produced across four seasons, each containing 20 episodes.
- The series first previewed on Treehouse TV in Canada on September 11, 2004, followed by its official debut on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr.
- block on October 11, 2004.
- The fourth season wrapped production in 2010 and finished airing on Nick Jr.
- on July 12, 2013.
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