My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the best new show! Also, how to see it on the big screen…

Nick and More, a large fan site for children’s television recently ran a poll of all their readers asking them to pick the best new show out of the 41 shows that debuted in 2010. Guess who they picked?

OK, you may have seen that coming… 😉

I still haven’t seen a single episode of the show yet but I’ve heard lots of good things.

If you haven’t seen an episode yet either, there are lots of new options for watching:

For the month of January only, you can see episodes in select movie theatres on the big screen. Check for local theatres showing it near you on the Kidtoons website.
In the USA, the show is airing on the new network The Hub. Even if you don’t get the channel, you can watch select episodes on their website.
Are you in Canada? My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic just started airing on Treehouse a few days ago! http://is.gd/kbjUX
Turner Broadcasting will carry episodes of My Little Pony on Cartoon
Network, Boomerang & Cartoonito starting Summer 2011 http://is.gd/iJKvO in some countries

Are there any other places the show is currently airing that I missed?

For those of you that have seen the show, what do you think?

9 Comments

MLP Dare on January 16, 2011 at 5:22 am

as a fan of mlp starting back in the 80’s…I gotta say I think this is an abomination to My Little Pony. I still remember the original series from the 80’s, when the show had actual PLOTS with villains and good guys and the characters didn’t look like paper cutouts.

Pmcollectorboy on January 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm

Are you kidding?! This “abomination” is winning the hearts of thousands, including female old school pony fans, female new school pony fans, and lots of fringe supporters like guys who wouldn’t even give My Little Pony a passing thought until this show. The writing is extremely clever and humorous and very reminiscent of early 90s Saturday Morning style cartooning. The animation is wonderful. Paper cutouts? Compare the Flash animation in Friendship Is Magic and the Flash animation in the new Pound Puppies and tell me Friendship Is Magic looks like paper cutouts. Did you even watch some of the episodes or did you just give it a passing glance and dismiss it based on the look of the characters? The main cast has far more considerable depth of character development than what is normal for kiddie cartoons and especially when compared with the older My Little Pony shows. All the characters have their own faults and their own heroic traits. And we finally get real families with boys and grandmas and babies as well. The kingdom also feels like a real kingdom with different places and different faces. They’ve also got their magic back. You do know that there’s more to good storytelling than “Bad Guy of the Week” showing up to cause trouble for the ponies and then more often than not being turned to good by the cuteness of the ponies? The conflict of most episodes of Friendship Is Magic are often internally driven, as the characters go through real disagreements that you see in everyday life with family and friends. This is what Friendship Is Magic is about, teaching the kids through the lessons that Twilight and her friends learn about everyday challenges. I watched a lot of stuff back in the 80s and remember quite a lot about what that decade was about. Good plots and great animation weren’t among them, save for a few fringe shows on Nick that were usually from Japan or Europe.

Doones on February 23, 2011 at 3:42 pm

I do like the new MLP because it gives me a chance to watch new episodes with my daughter that also loves MLPs but what I don’t like is that the new pony’s are too skinny I miss the look of the originals. I can’t wait for netflix to have all the old pony shows as a watch instantly (trying to watch em on youtube isn’t fun lol)

Hillary on February 23, 2011 at 4:02 pm

The DVDs are pretty cheap if you want to pick them up. I watch them with my goddaughters and we have a good time. 🙂

Wagner Abercrombie on February 25, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Agreed! It is wonderful and is NOT an abomination! 😀

Princesska28 on May 12, 2011 at 10:16 am

I liked this show’s style better than the older ones because their style pretty much improved and now looked more influenced on the present craze on cartoons, anime. Usually, anime girls are ‘sexy’, they tried to incorporate the style but made it look more childish. Plus, the old version had scary Disney Princess eyes and plush bodies. But this show’s style got a facelift and went on with a more anime style.

Pjkio03 on May 31, 2011 at 3:22 am

Are you guys kidding? I’m fifteen years old and the old mlp character designs gave me NIGHTMARES. Just because you’re hung up on the old show doesn’t mean you can’t give the new show a chance. It teaches valuable lessons and, ironically, the majority of its viewers are MEN. So for Pete’s sake, stop raging on it.

Hillary on May 31, 2011 at 3:57 pm

Just out of curiosity, what’s ironic about most of its viewers being men?

Nate99dog on January 3, 2012 at 5:14 pm

dude im only 12 and this stuff is just great it has good artwork good voice acting and the charachters really connect to the viewer

MLP Dare on January 16, 2011 at 5:22 am

as a fan of mlp starting back in the 80’s…I gotta say I think this is an abomination to My Little Pony. I still remember the original series from the 80’s, when the show had actual PLOTS with villains and good guys and the characters didn’t look like paper cutouts.
Pmcollectorboy on January 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm

Are you kidding?! This “abomination” is winning the hearts of thousands, including female old school pony fans, female new school pony fans, and lots of fringe supporters like guys who wouldn’t even give My Little Pony a passing thought until this show. The writing is extremely clever and humorous and very reminiscent of early 90s Saturday Morning style cartooning. The animation is wonderful. Paper cutouts? Compare the Flash animation in Friendship Is Magic and the Flash animation in the new Pound Puppies and tell me Friendship Is Magic looks like paper cutouts. Did you even watch some of the episodes or did you just give it a passing glance and dismiss it based on the look of the characters? The main cast has far more considerable depth of character development than what is normal for kiddie cartoons and especially when compared with the older My Little Pony shows. All the characters have their own faults and their own heroic traits. And we finally get real families with boys and grandmas and babies as well. The kingdom also feels like a real kingdom with different places and different faces. They’ve also got their magic back. You do know that there’s more to good storytelling than “Bad Guy of the Week” showing up to cause trouble for the ponies and then more often than not being turned to good by the cuteness of the ponies? The conflict of most episodes of Friendship Is Magic are often internally driven, as the characters go through real disagreements that you see in everyday life with family and friends. This is what Friendship Is Magic is about, teaching the kids through the lessons that Twilight and her friends learn about everyday challenges. I watched a lot of stuff back in the 80s and remember quite a lot about what that decade was about. Good plots and great animation weren’t among them, save for a few fringe shows on Nick that were usually from Japan or Europe.
Doones on February 23, 2011 at 3:42 pm

I do like the new MLP because it gives me a chance to watch new episodes with my daughter that also loves MLPs but what I don’t like is that the new pony’s are too skinny I miss the look of the originals. I can’t wait for netflix to have all the old pony shows as a watch instantly (trying to watch em on youtube isn’t fun lol)
Hillary on February 23, 2011 at 4:02 pm

The DVDs are pretty cheap if you want to pick them up. I watch them with my goddaughters and we have a good time. 🙂
Wagner Abercrombie on February 25, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Agreed! It is wonderful and is NOT an abomination! 😀
Princesska28 on May 12, 2011 at 10:16 am

I liked this show’s style better than the older ones because their style pretty much improved and now looked more influenced on the present craze on cartoons, anime. Usually, anime girls are ‘sexy’, they tried to incorporate the style but made it look more childish. Plus, the old version had scary Disney Princess eyes and plush bodies. But this show’s style got a facelift and went on with a more anime style.
Pjkio03 on May 31, 2011 at 3:22 am

Are you guys kidding? I’m fifteen years old and the old mlp character designs gave me NIGHTMARES. Just because you’re hung up on the old show doesn’t mean you can’t give the new show a chance. It teaches valuable lessons and, ironically, the majority of its viewers are MEN. So for Pete’s sake, stop raging on it.
Hillary on May 31, 2011 at 3:57 pm

Just out of curiosity, what’s ironic about most of its viewers being men?
Nate99dog on January 3, 2012 at 5:14 pm

dude im only 12 and this stuff is just great it has good artwork good voice acting and the charachters really connect to the viewer