My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a Canadian/American children's animated fantasy TV series, created by Lauren Faust and produced by DHX Media for Hasbro.

The series, inspired by the 1980s toy franchise My Little Pony, is about a studious young unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, and her dragon, Spike, who is given a task by her mentor, Princess Celestia, to make some new friends. After learning about the magic of friendship, she and her five new friends are to protect the magical village of Ponyville as the Elements of Harmony, all while learning more lessons about friendship.

Broadcast
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic originally debuted on The Hub in the United States on, the same day the channel replaced Discovery Kids. The first season was broadcast by E/I standards, but the standard was dropped in future seasons and broadcasting. The show aired it's first 4 seasons on the channel before being replaced with Discovery Family on. The show was kept on the channel and started airing again on the same day and time the channel changed, starting with the season 1 episode The Best Night Ever.

In Canada, the show debuted on Treehouse TV on at.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show debuted on Boomerang on at. After a while, no episode further than Fall Weather Friends was aired, only airing the first half of season 1. The channel then advertised a new season, but was instead the second half. On, the show stopped airing, and by October, all traces of the show were gone from the website. A viewer emailed Boomerang, and was informed that they don't hold the broadcasting rights to the show anymore. Now, the show airs on Tiny Pop and it's +1 channel in the United Kingdom. It first aired on at 15:00 with the season 3 episode The Crystal Empire - Part 1. The show also airs on sister channel Pop, and formerly on Pop Girl.

In Australia and New Zealand, the show was aired on Cartoon Network on at 6:30.