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Nick Jr. executive Brown Johnson encouraged Burgess to retool the idea into animation. A second pilot was created at Nick Digital in New York in 2001. This CGI version was successful and led to a full series greenlight.

The show finally premiered on the Nickelodeon "Nick Jr." block on October 11, 2004 . Animation duties for the series were moved to Nelvana in Canada. Key Elements of the Series backyardigans nickstory