We saw this with the last reboot, like the "Earth Certificate" episode. They are writing using then-current references, but because the normal time to produce an episode is so long, the references feel stale. South Park was king of topical references because their production turnaround was 6 days. They were able to put out a Michael Jackson episode the week after he passed. That said, I don't want a Futurama episode that they only worked on for 6 days.