2021

2021 was a common year starting on Friday (Dominical Letter C) of the Gregorian Calendar. It was the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century and the 2nd year of the 2020's Decade.

2021 was heavily defined as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, which continued into this year and new variants formed during this period, including Delta in the spring and summer of the year and Omicron late into the year. It also held events that were postponed in 2020 because of the pandemic, though some events were also cancelled in this year, including the 20th anniversary party of Calligraphy Studios on January 10, as well as the delay of the production of Dance Legends from December 19, 2021 to January 16, 2022 because of an outbreak caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Virtually all of ATBW's TV networks except CLP Network were moved to be exclusive to the ATBW Viewer system, with all networks shut off on January 30, though ATBW TV Holdings networks were later reinstated due to criticism. Phastworm became prominent across ATBW Blog in this year and Martha Woods Group became a major ATBW Blog company, acquiring four companies on April 13.

Events

 * January 1 - Assuming no further extensions to the term of copyrights of the law in the interim, all ATBW cartoons made in 1925, including the first cartoon, Langile Dance, as well as The Boat Ride, have entered the public domain.
 * January 2 - CCTV Productions splits CCTV Online as a separate company in response to the Caltrose25V5 Recession.
 * January 10 - Assuming no further extensions to ATBW Blog Studio Companies beyond 20 years, Calligraphy Studios turns 20 years old and becomes a legacy company on ATBW Blog.
 * January 27 - Amory The Bad Woman & California City was released by CCTV Productions alongside Region Entertainment and it's parent company Amory The Bad Woman Studios, which own the Amory The Bad Woman franchise.
 * January 27 - Phastworm abruptly begins on a computer at CCTV Online's headquarters, just more than a week after becoming an independent company.
 * January 30 - Lifeworks Inc., EAPL Inc., BTV Networks Group, CCTV Network, and Escade Corporation are transitioned over to the ATBW Viewer system with the cable networks shut down on this date. Only CLP Network and CLP Stations LLC will continue on air.
 * February 2 - California City Little Private Soldier was released (CCTV Productions)
 * February 4 - CCTV Online is hit by Phastworm after it goes into a community server in California City Defense, which prompts the company to shut down it's games.
 * February 8 - Dance Legends airs on Martha Woods Network (Martha Woods Entertainment)
 * February 13 - ATBW City finally opens back up again after having been closed since March 15, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * February 15 - Escade Studios releases EscadeNOW.
 * February 18 - A computer at Watercolor Studios becomes infected by the Phastworm Computer Worm, causing all other computers within the same vicinity to be unplugged and turned off, impacting the company's contact form.
 * February 22 - Watercolor Sheep (Online Game) is shut down for a number of 30 days as a result of the Phastworm cyber attack.
 * March 1 - Phastworm is detected in computers from Wedgehead Studios, Calligraphy Studios, Signature Studios, and Elephant Studios.
 * March 2 - Aquamarine Adventure is released.
 * March 4 - Phastworm is detected in several computers from Merrill Studios, Ramworks Software, Pagoda Studios, and Rose Gold Studios.
 * March 5 - Phastworm is detected in one computer at CCTV Productions, which is temporarily disabled to prevent any damage.
 * March 16 - Fidgets 2 was released
 * March 20 - Citruses was released (Escade Studios)
 * March 26 - Caltrose25V5: One Year Later was released (CCTV Productions)
 * April 7 - The First Lancer Movie was released (Lancerware)
 * May 12 - The Caltrose25V5 Recession ends after 1 year, 1 month, and 9 days.
 * June 19 - Collin Escade graduates from high school, which makes him the last escade to graduate from high school. Achelle Woods also graduates on this date.
 * August 8 - Fernie 8 is released.
 * August 22 - The zachary mcewen YouTube Channel turns 10 years old, having been out since 2011.
 * December 19 - Martha Woods Studio closes due to an outbreak of Omicron COVID-19. It later reopened on February 20, 2022, but production of Dance Legends was postponed.

Deaths

 * June 12 - David Silvers, businessperson and major pioneer of Langile Corporation. (B. 1916)