Lockdown Era

The Lockdown Era (also informally called the Pandemic Era or Quarantine Era) is the 16th and current era in the ATBW Timeline, characterized by mass cancellations and delays of many events, virtual events, lockdowns, and other things during the great lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This era first started on March 15, 2020 after ATBW Theme Parks and ATBW City were closed to the public four days after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, and ATBW Store and Zippy Land both reduced hours and even closed as a result of the recession caused by the pandemic, which is the worst recession globally since the great depression. It succeeded the Reincarnation Era, which had been going on six years prior.

Many events were cancelled or postponed and the pandemic had a substantial impact on film, music, TV, sports, and many others, and it forced changes in daily lives including mask wearing, social distancing, and capacity limits. Production of already existing TV shows forced actors to continue from home and TV shows including Hanging With Seychelle, Martha Woods Animated, and Dance Legends became dominant TV shows during the pandemic, airing on Martha Woods Network, both having protocols such as mask wearing and social distancing, especially with the latter.

In addition, CCTV Productions became popular during the early months by purchasing Revolver Media to air content on CCTV Network to keep viewers entertained during lockdown, and it's two online games at the time were attacked by Caltrose25V5 and Secrose54V5, the latter being confined to one community server owned by David Burkins. The former of the two though was more significant in that it caused a recession and an unrest after the company kept the games open but not allow more than a certain amount of players on them. Both were still notable trojan attacks on ATBW Blog in 2020. Phastworm attempted to take over almost all major ATBW Blog companies in the following year, but failed as it was eventually eliminated.

2020

 * March 15 - ATBW Theme Parks and ATBW City close their doors, ATBW Store and Zippy Land have their hours reduced to operate from 12 PM to 6 PM instead of their usual 6 AM to 12 AM hours of operation, and all other chains including Pido's Pizza Place and store chains from Escade Corporation close their stores completely, all of it in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * March 26 - Caltrose25V5 is installed onto servers from CCTV Online, at the time a division of CCTV Productions. It was removed on May 3, 2020 and new rules were introduced for future gaming, already impacting those on lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * April 2 - The Caltrose25V5 Unrest takes place at CCTV's headquarters over unfair rules from the company at the time. It ended on April 26, 2020 after the malware attack was coming to an end and declined.
 * April 3 - The Caltrose25V5 Recession starts as a result of money being taken from CCTV Productions by the Caltrose25V5 Hackers, which was already impacted by the COVID-19 recession as a result of the pandemic. It is one of the longest recessions on ATBW Blog, ending on May 12, 2021.
 * April 15 - CCTV Productions buys Revolver Media, which included Reese Comedies, Belle & Bella Tiktoks, and Rock Cartoons at the time of the acquisition, for $1 million dollars in spite of the Caltrose25V5 Recession and to a greater extent the COVID-19 recession.
 * May 7 - The C4 version of Celo Johnson Dirtbike Legends 4 becomes the last game to ever be released onto the ATBW C4 before being discontinued six days later.
 * May 13
 * The Caltrose25V5 Hackers are arrested for their role in the Caltrose25V5 trojan attacks.
 * The ATBW C4 is discontinued after 21 years, first being released on March 18, 1999, making it the longest ever handheld device to be sold, with 10,452 games within its lifespan. Support for this console ended and the ATBW Blog and PBLOG apps on it are shut off completely.
 * May 21 - Seychelle Woods and Achelle Woods engage in mutual combat, which becomes popular across ATBW Blog and the two become famous overnight.
 * May 25 - Hanging With Seychelle debuts on CCTV Network for the first time
 * June 2 - ATBW Holdings LLC announces to move most of it's TV networks to the ATBW Viewer system, hence the start of the ATBW Network Migration.
 * June 11 - ATBW Theme Parks opens back up with a capacity limit of 100 and with masks and social distancing being strictly enforced.
 * June 30 - A virtual at-home event is held to celebrate its 10th anniversary. It was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time.
 * July 7 - The Gerapple Challenge starts after an episode of Hanging With Seychelle shows Seychelle Woods swallowing one. It is eliminated off ATBW Blog on September 13, 2020, but ended 14 days later on September 27, 2020.
 * July 13 - Martha Woods Entertainment is founded by Martha Woods, who starts Martha Productions and buys Seychelle Productions and Achelle Productions, the former having been a subsidiary of CCTV Productions since February 16, 2019.
 * July 14 - Revolver Media opens up a dance studio in a former Walgreens pharmacy open from March 1999 to late 2019. However, masks, social distancing, and a capacity limit of 10 were in force due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * July 20 - The first Amory The Bad Woman TV Show turns 10 years old, but it's celebration was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * July 27 - The eleven ATBW Blog companies launch their own TV networks on the ATBW Viewer.
 * August 2 - Secrose54V5 is installed on to David Burkins's community server in California City Defense, which is later eliminated four days later on August 6, 2020.
 * August 10 - Y Levi makes headlines on the news after being escorted out of ATBW Theme Parks by ATBW Copyright Agents for displaying a pirated movie, as well as violating the theme park's COVID-19 rules at the time.
 * September 4 - The ATBW Copyright Agency raids the dance studio after Reese was watching California City Jurassic World
 * September 22 - The 2020 ATBW Copyright Crackdown begins and lasts until January 13, 2021, making it the first one since 2012.
 * September 30 - The term Lanfluenza becomes an everyday word across ATBW Blog, which refers to someone addicted to Tealy & Lancer.
 * October 4 - Constant amounts of graffiti are sprayed on hotels at ATBW Theme Parks including a Red Roof Inn at the central lot when entering the park.
 * October 28 - ATBW Theme Parks closes again as COVID-19 cases rise sharply once again.
 * October 30 - The ATBW Viewer is released for everyone
 * November 15 - Martha Woods Entertainment becomes a mini-major company across ATBW Blog.
 * November 17 - Martha Woods Animated debuts on ATBW Blog, with everyone doing their work at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * November 20 - Martha Woods Network is launched, which airs all content from Martha Woods Entertainment. Hanging With Seychelle is taken off CCTV Network as it is moved to air exclusively on that network, with all episodes afterwards premiering on it.
 * December 14 - The ATBW Antitrust Lawsuit starts
 * December 27 - CCTV Productions announces it's decision to sell CCTV Online and make it a separate company to get around both the COVID-19 recession and the Caltrose25V5 Recession.

2021

 * January 2 - CCTV Productions and CCTV Online split into two companies after
 * January 27
 * The Martha Woods Studio opens for Dance Legends.
 * Phastworm is installed onto CCTV Online, eventually impacting most of ATBW Blog in late February and March. It ended on March 23, 2021.
 * January 30 - Most of ATBW's TV networks are shut off as the ATBW Network Migration is completed.
 * February 11 - Martha Woods Entertainment becomes a major ATBW Blog company after increasing in size.
 * February 13 - ATBW City and ATBW Theme Parks finally open up again after COVID-19 cases start to fall.
 * February 20 - Dance Legends premiers, but with masks and social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * March 23 - As vaccinations become more widespread, masks and social distancing are lifted for vaccinated people, while the capacity limit of 100 is lifted at ATBW Theme Parks
 * April 6 - As cases continue falling and vaccinations continue increasing, all of ATBW's store chains revert back to their original hours while keeping mask mandates for unvaccinated.
 * April 13 - Martha Woods Entertainment buys four ATBW Blog companies, effectively surpassing CCTV Productions as the largest of the big four on ATBW Blog. These companies are Aamer Magazine, Siegel Magazine, Lovewatch, and Quaeso News.
 * May 12 - The Caltrose25V5 Recession ends after one year, one month, and nine days.
 * June 19 - Collin Escade graduates from school, becoming the last person in the Escade Family to finish school.
 * July 15 - Masks become mandatory at ATBW Theme Parks for vaccinated