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The Backyardigans
Also known as Backyardigans
Genre Adventure
Musical
Created by Janice Burgess
Directed by Bill Giggie (Season 1)
Mike Shiell (Season 1–2)
Dave Palmer (Season 3–4)
Voices of LaShawn Tináh Jefferies
Jake Goldberg
Christopher Grant, Jr.
Gianna Bruzzese
Jonah Bobo
Composer(s) Evan Lurie (score/songs: music)
Douglas Wieselman (songs: music)
McPaul Smith (songs: lyrics) David Mansfield (one episode)
Country of origin United States
Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 80 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Janice Burgess
Robert Scull
Running time 21–23 minutes
Production company(s) Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Nelvana
Distributor Nelvana International
FremantleMedia (home video)
Release
Original network Nickelodeon (US)
Treehouse TV (Canada)
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV) (2004–2009)
1080i ( HDTV) (2009–2010)
Original release October 11, 2004 (2004-10-11) – July 12, 2013 (2013-07-12)

The Backyardigans was a Canadian-American animated musical TV series created by Janice Burgess aired on Nickelodeon from October 11, 2004 to July 12, 2013 in the United States.

Characters

  • Uniqua, a pink Uniqua (name of the species). Voiced by LaShawn Tináh Jefferies.
  • Pablo, a blue and yellow feathered penguin. Voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen in Season 1, Jake Goldberg in Season 2-4.
  • Tyrone, a red-haired orange moose. Voiced by Reginald Davis, Jr. in Season 1, Jordan Coleman in Seasons 2-3 and Chris Grant, Jr. in Season 4.
  • Tasha, a yellow hippopotamus. Voiced by Naelee Rae in Seasons 1-2 and Gianna Bruzesse in Seasons 3-4.
  • Austin, a purple kangaroo. Voiced by Jonah Bobo.

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: The Backyardigans para niños

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