In a statement released yesterday, Al Jean, The Simpsons‘ show runner, said that the quality of the show will be further reduced to comply with Fox Network’s new maximum permissible standards. The network was reportedly concerned about the show after some of its latest episodes were flagged as watchable, which is a huge upgrade from the unwatchable tag it has managed to maintain since Season 12.

We spoke to a top executive at Fox, “Just as all businesses and networks set minimum required standards, we believe in setting just the opposite. If your show wants to air on our network, then it can’t exceed certain prescribed standards. For example, the show cannot have less than five ‘WTF’ or ‘I am going to die’ moments. Anything less is a disappointment and a disgrace to our network. We only tolerated the extraordinarily great first 10 seasons because our network was relatively new and we were allowed to make mistakes.”

The new standards will be in effect this coming season, and all shows on this network must comply. The rising popularity and profits of the network is said to be the chief reason why these stringently low standards are being implemented. According to another executive, only Fox News is currently excelling in following the standards and is beating their wildest expectations. Al Jean and other Simpsons producers are unperturbed over this tall task as they have mastered the art of making subpar content.