# Not allowed to ever watch any new shows/movies beyond TODAY'S DATE: Would you be fine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-ever-watch-any-new-shows-movies-beyond-todays-date-would-you-be-fine/1020011 "2025-06-23T07:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-ever-watch-any-new-shows-movies-beyond-todays-date-would-you-be-fine/1020011/16 "2025-06-23T13:18:02Z")
I asked a similar question in this 2013 thread: > [@New movies, TV shows, music, and plays are soon to be banned. You can save ONE. Which one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movies-tv-shows-music-and-plays-are-soon-to-be-banned-you-can-save-one-which-one/664760): > > Suppose that the new world government will prohibit anybody from filming new movies and TV shows. Composing, recording, or performing new music will also be banned. Nobody can create new plays or musicals either. All violators (artists AND consumers of these media) face the death penalty. Works that have already been created will still be permitted, but no new episodes of existing TV shows will be allowed. For example, you can still watch Simpsons reruns, but there will be no new Simpsons e… I created a poll where you could choose to save ONE of the following categories: new movies, TV shows, songs, or plays. I chose music, as I think I can get along fine without any new TV shows or movies. I hardly watch any of them anyway. A world where Kesha can no longer release new music, however, would be a very bleak world. (The poll results were lost when SDMB switched platforms a few years ago.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-ever-watch-any-new-shows-movies-beyond-todays-date-would-you-be-fine/1020011)._