Sunday, May 22, 2011

Friendship is Magic Finally Gets a REAL Time Slot!

It took Hasbro an entire season to realize the huge potential Friendship is Magic has!

It will finally see a time slot that doesn't lock it into oblivion...in fact, it's getting three!

Starting May 31'st,  FiM will pop up weekdays at 8:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 6:30 PM ET.

SO MUCH PONI.

Anyway you can see the rest of the hub schedule here!

Thanks to ultramanseven for the tip! 

90 comments:

Atlas said...

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!

Anonymous said...

first!

Jetfire said...

Maybe now its target audience will actually be able to watch it.

Anonymous said...

darn, not first... every time I try...

Keiya said...

@Atlas

Um, are you okay?

Luna said...

Totally irrelevant number to go with the totally irrelevant time schedule since I don't get HUB!

Hopefully, it'll last through season two, not that I'll ever see it on tv till some other company buys the rights or HUB gets a basic cable channel.

Shadow Phoenix said...

I can now enjoy an episode of FiM with my breakfast, lunch and dinner (might have to delay lunch a bit.) Let's hope they keep this schedule for S2.

Anonymous said...

THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only time I wanted to watch a premier was the last episode, only to find out that it comes on at 12:00!!!!!!! Pissed me off... Maybe I can watch one now while the rest of my family looks upon the sight of a 16 year old male watching this show. Can't wait.

Anonymous said...

YES! My new cable box in my room will finally have a true use!

Anonymous said...

Finally!

Anonymous said...

Same Anonymous as above: Also, that pic is creepy... O.O

Anonymous said...

As Twilight would put it...

"YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!"

Anonymous said...

They ought to stick it either in the morning when kids are getting ready for school (6-7 ish?) or immediately after school, like 3-5 PM. That's when I remember watching most cartoons when I was young, in addition to the typical Saturday morning block.

Spazturtle said...

Hopefully someone will record ALL the episodes in 1080p.

TGPFluttershy said...

Can't get enough of them ponies!

Jake O'Jack said...

This is great news. Now I can watch at full consciousness while I enjoy lunch.

This calls for celebration. Let's all get wasted!

Anonymous said...

Gosh, darn it. I live in Japan. I guess that's what the internet's for, right? ... Right?

Anonymous said...

Now what we need is

1) Make the Hub channel be available on other countries
2) Put the show on another international kids TV channel
Or
3) Simply just a DVD...again, internationally

D. Shadows said...

Interesting, because I have the hub and only youtube fails will I still be well off for watching the show.

Anonymous said...

I NEED TO BUY AN HD TV ASAP

D. Shadows said...

Sorry Only 'if' youtube fails I've been busy writing pony fanfiction that will never get noticed because I'm a coward of an evil monster.

Dark Side of the World said...

BEST. NEWS. EVER!

Anonymous said...

AAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Anonymous said...

Glad I won't have to set my DVR every week.

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!

A1CZERO said...

@Spazturtle
Someone has.
http://www.youtube.com/user/angrytigerP

Anonymous said...

I'm still waiting for a confirmed UK air date...

Anonymous said...

Is Pinkie Pie drunk pole dancing in that image? I would totally slip her a twenty, if she had a belt to put it in.

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah. Oh HELL yeah!

Filiecs said...

Sweet, to bad I-HOLY, THEY MADE A DELTORA QUEST ANIME AND DIDN'T TELL ME?

I need to to see if they ruined my childhood or not.

Kitteran said...

YESYESYESYESYESYES

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous
That's not Pinkie Pie, that's OPPP/Berry Punch

Anonymous said...

Ponies finally get a weekday timeslot, and I finally get access to an HDTV with Hub.

Now I just need to decide between Fluttershy's "yay" or Twilight's "YES YES YES YES".

Anonymous said...

I have the hub.

Feels good pony, gonna watch some ponies.

Killsteal_Wolf said...

Great,

Now tell us where it's airing in the UK

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Purplefoxtail said...

Still doesn't have hub....

Thorn said...

Now if only Treehouse would learn from this and air MLP at a better time than two in the morning :s

Vopogon said...

Masterlinx is back too

GroudonRobotWars said...

@Luna
LOL. So all the episodes you are not on are the ones you watch on TV.

Spazturtle said...

@Kitteran Some episodes are only avadibe in 720P on that channel. Not all the episode have been recorded in 1080p.

Anonymous said...

Now, if only I got The Hub...

ToonNinja said...

Finally! I can enjoy ponies on TV with ease! Now all I need is a summer home in Ponyville, and all my dreams will have come true!

Luna said...

@D. Shadows
You aren't the only one.

ProjectPoni said...

Ah, damn, you stole my Poni. PROJECT PONI COMIN

Doctor Whoof said...

OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOHMYGOSH!!!!!!!

Naxts said...

OH SNAP I CAN FINALLY WATCH PONIES WITHOUT SKIPPING SCHOOL.

Oh god why did it take so long.

Aimarpoiss said...

wait what? does that mean season 2 starts early????

Chessie2003 said...

It's about time The Hub realized that this is their most popular show...

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous
I've been looking around for info on UK showings too, but so far all I've found is that the company that owns Cartoon Network and Boomerang will start airing the show sometime 'this summer': http://www.mylittleponynews.com/2010/12/friendship-is-magic-to-air-in-uk-spain.html

Anonymous said...

6:30 am is a pretty good slot to catch the target audience before school. I recall watching the old Ultraman live action show every morning for a couple of years with breakfast in that time slot.

1:30 and 6:00 pm are a little more hit or miss, I would have gone with something in the 3-4 area, trying to shoot for that "Kids are home from school, but it's not dinnertime yet" sweet spot. I don't know how it is these days, but I watched the vast majority of my weekday cartoon intake right around 3:00-4:30.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

Wait, I misread that, it's on at 8:30 am. No, that's not so good for the target audence. My SO drives school bus and a lot of kids have to be out the door before 8:30. dangit Hub!

Anonymous said...

@Aimarpoiss

No, they will just be running the re-runs more often and at times that work better for people.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous
Well, remember the time of year they are implementing this. A lot of schools in the US will be released for the summer. If anything this might be their summer programming schedule and we'll see a new schedule appear for the start of the school year.

Display Name said...

@Anonymous:

You've got to consider time zones here. What is a perfect time for one group might be terrible for the same somewhere else.

For example, in Central time it's on at 7:30 A.M., but that's the only time zone where it works out like that. In Pacific, it's 5:30, and in Eastern, it's 8:30. So, yeah, time zones are hard to work with.

Markeith said...

Now ponies and broines can get their daily dose of MLP, only thing else that's needed is to put the series on dvd!!

Fluttershy said...

yay!!!!!!!!!!

wonder if all this will change come the time the new season starts?

Anonymous said...

I wonder if this holds any significance for season 2 and the show's success when that starts airing.

Brett Turner said...

still doesn't have the hub...they need to put it on a channel where you dont need to pay to see the best show ever

Zarkanorf said...

My mind, it is full of pony.

Anonymous said...

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSP...

*yay*

Haze said...

Good step for MLP:FIM, means Hasbro is probably going to keep the show around or a while. Even if this just exposes the show to more of its target audience, more viewers is never a bad thing for the lifetime of a show.

HolySparks said...

Well we don't get HUB over here but I belive its overall good, as more people will be able to watch this already successful show..

..maybe Hasbro is learning its lesson! If so maybe we can get good stuff soon (OSTs, plushies, etc)

Anonymous said...

First off, awesome. Now I can catch ponies on tv.
Secondly, the first time I saw that picture, I thought it was supposed to be Applebloom. I think it's funnier that way.

BagOfChips said...

Does DVRing a show count as views? I have no idea how the networks track these things. I never record anything on Fridays and every bit of support helps.

Agnitio Ex Machina said...

Hey guys, don't we have, I dunno, Youtube and stuff? This action might make kids sick of MLP and ultimately reduce the probability of a third season. This is not a good thing. Then again, I guess some of you will watch it on the tele and give Hasbro more profits. Don't let corporations eat themselves out!

Anonymous said...

@Agnitio Ex Machina
I don't know how more airtime is a bad thing considering how spread out the showings are. After all, Spongebob is shown everyday with back to back episodes and it is still one of thee highest rated children's programs.

Agnitio Ex Machina said...

@Anonymous

Excellent point. I guess the demographic shifts enough that there is little risk of having this problem. Still though, is Spongebob shown 3x a day, 5 days a week?

Anonymous said...

@Agnitio Ex Machina

You obviously don't have a little sister that watches Nickelodeon.

Agnitio Ex Machina said...

@Anonymous

Obviously not. Then again, Spongebob also has enough seasons behind it that it's far slower for the entertainment value to go stale. Last time I checked, FiM only has one season.

Anonymous said...

You tards, quit asking for DVDs. The word is BLU-RAY.

Lachlan said...

But it's still on the hub...

Anonymous said...

>loldidntread.gif

So I'm guessing this means we get 3 episodes a week now? ok cool

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

Idiot :>

BronyMike said...

@ThornI KNOW RIGHT? Put this show out weekly, Treehouse, your channel's ratings will be higher than ever.

Anonymous said...

Holy crap, I'm so happy!!!

I remember way back I e-mailed the hub/discovery/whoever about the time-slot being too inconvenient for the children and that they'd miss the vital morals in the show, and I know I wasn't the only one who sent e-mails!!

I'm so proud of you, bronies ; w ;

Steve said...

Wait, "weekdays"? As in, all of them? That's not just three timeslots; that's FIFTEEN! And that's not even counting the two on Saturday morning (up from one?) and the one on Sunday morning. Yeesh! Are there any other shows on kids' television that air a whopping eighteen times a week?

Frostycheeto said...

I cried tears of manly joy.

Edudls said...

Cool. Saw this before, but didn't really think about the implications till now.

Anonymous said...

its about bloody time

T.O. Brony said...

Excellent news! The Brony Nation is growing stronger by the day!

Anonymous said...

It's about...
*sunglasses*
...time.

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

6:30, 11:30, and 4:30? Looks like I'll need to be waking up a bit earlier before heading off to work.
Also, Mountain Time Zone ftw!

Vulcan539 said...

lol don't have the hub in NZ.
Youtube of the win:P

Dashie said...

@Vulcan539
NZ here too, we need the hub. all of our tv is years behind USA etc.

Anonymous said...

YAY YAY YAY YAY!

Ten Mihara said...

@Luna

If you live in Canada; Treehouse TV, Saturday at 9:30 am. Limited, but perhaps not so much as the hub itself.

brongaar said...

Well least on the West Coast it gets a decent afternoon slot... I remember watching my fav cartoons at that timeslot.. soo long ago.

Anonymous said...

I have bad news guys! Guys who live with people that does not know they like MLP FiM will not be able to watch that because it requires you to be in public's eyes

scootaloo said...

watch with you sister thats what apple bloom's doing and sweetie belle

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