The fifth season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation or "G4" of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 5 of the series premiered on April 4, 2015 and concluded on November 28, 2015, on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro.