Mumbai: Comedy Central has announced an array of programmers for its viewers.

A poll on Comedy Central‘s Facebook page decided the top shows as fans voted for the ones they wanted to watch once again and the two shows that emerged as winners were -‘Seinfeld‘ and ‘That 70‘S Show‘

Starting 17 September, the two shows will air 9 pm onwards.

The fans of Seinfeld also stand a chance to win merchandise that‘s signed by Seinfeld himself. The lucky winners will be picked through a Facebook contest.

Also, just introduced on the channel is a ‘Teen Block‘ with shows like ‘World Palooza‘ and ‘Pranked‘ and will soon also air ‘Jackass‘, catering "exclusively" to the teen audience.

Viacom 18 Media SVP and GM - English entertainment Ferzad Palia said, "We are bringing two of the most popular comedy shows back on Comedy Central. The shows have done well for us and we are sure our viewers would love to have them back. We‘re confident that the impressive programming line-up coming up will keep the laughter quotient high as always."

Apart from the return of the two popular shows, Comedy Central will also reload fresh seasons of ‘The Exes‘ and ‘30 Rock‘, amongst others.

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom. Set predominantly in an apartment block in New York City‘s Manhattan‘s Upper West Side, the show features a host of Jerry‘s friends and acquaintances, in particular best friend George Costanza, former girlfriend Elaine Benes, and neighbor across the hall Cosmo Kramer.

That ‘70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979.

The Exes is an American comedy television series. Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill. The series is created by Mark Reisman.

30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey. The series, which is loosely based on Tina Fey‘s experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live, takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted. The series‘ name refers to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, the address of the GE Building, in which the NBC Studios are located.

MUMBAI: Facebook reported a net loss of $157 million for the second quarter ended 30 June against a net profit of $240 million a year earlier.

Facebook?s revenue for the second quarter totaled $1.18 billion, up 32 per cent from $895 million in the second quarter of 2011. Its advertising revenue was $992 million, representing 84 per cent of total revenue and a 28 per cent increase from the same quarter last year. Payments and other fees revenue for the second quarter was $192 million.

The US-based company said its costs and expenses were $1.93 billion, an increase of 295 per cent from the second quarter of 2011, driven primarily by share-based compensation expense.

The loss from operations was $743 million in the second quarter, against income from operations of $407 million a year earlier.

Capital expenditures for the quarter were $413 million, a 213 per cent year-on-year increase. Additionally, $52 million of equipment was procured or financed through capital leases during the second quarter of 2012.

Cash and marketable securities grew to $10.2 billion, which includes $6.8 billion in net proceeds from our initial public offering.

"Our goal is to help every person stay connected and every product they use be a great social experience. That?s why we?re so focused on investing in our priorities of mobile, platform and social ads to help people have these experiences with their friends," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook?s Monthly active users (MAUs) were 955 million as of June 30, 2012, an increase of 29 per cent year-over-year. Daily active users (DAUs) were 552 million on average while Mobile MAUs were 543 million.

During the quarter, Facebook rolled out a new Facebook Camera app for iPhone, an improved version of the mobile messenger app for both iOS and Android, and several updates to the Facebook Android app.

The social networking major also launched global App Center where users can discover relevant apps for mobile and web. Apple announced plans for a deep Facebook integration throughout the next version of Apple?s iOS and OSX.

The company rolled out sponsored stories in News Feed and enabled advertisers to buy sponsored stories in mobile News Feed. Facebook now has independent ROI data from more than 60 advertising campaigns using a variety of third-party methodologies like panels and marketing mix models.