Balls of Steel (TV series) is in production with Jukka and Jarppi of "The Dudesons" playing the part of 'The Pain Men'. An Australian version of the show, "Balls of Steel Australia" was put into production in Sydney in late 2010 and premiered on the Australian subscription television channel The Comedy Channel on 19 April 2011, hosted by The Chaser's Craig Reucassel and running for an initial ten episodes. It was the highest rating show in the history of The Comedy Channel, doubling the ratings of the previous record holder The Merrick and Rosso Show. Ten episodes in total have been produced. The series stars
Jill Dolan Dolan received her PhD in performance studies from New York University. Jill Dolan’s blog, “The Feminist Spectator” (which launched in 2005) received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism in 2012. Dolan was “only the seventh woman out of 56 winner’s in the prize’s history” (Fricker). While much of her blog consists of theatrical criticism, Dolan also regularly provides commentary on film and television. Dolan’s blog frequently incorporates “issues of gender and sexuality (and difference, more broadly)” (Fricker). Jill Dolan’s "Theater & Sexuality" is part of Palgrave and Macmillan’s Theater& series, a compilation of titles by various experts in