Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-5637535-20130126104602/@comment-173.30.17.75-20130126162318

I'm just guessing, but I think the initial plan was for 65 episodes (26+26+13), which is the typical minimum needed for cartoon syndication. Since FiM exceeded expectations, it was probably renewed for more seasons. We'll have to wait for season 4 to see if they return to the 26-episode seasons or not.

Another idea I've seen is that the episode production time is being spent on a movie, but that's speculation at best.