@Badheart
Isn’t Filly Funtasia dead anyway? I don’t think it’s been stealing much of MLP’s thunder, aside from a few ex-bronies claiming they prefer it out of spite/trolling.
And splitting the viewership, or lowering the younger audience isn’t a good thing, as let’s face it, it’s a kid’s show, and they’re the main audience.
When Disney’s new Tron series gained too many adult fans, and not enough kids watching, they cancelled it.
And frankly I don’t really want MLP to focus only on the older-audience, or add minor swears, fart-jokes, political-leanings, and such B.S. that pollutes most older-audience cartoons.