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
Television comedy a variety program but soon devoted mostly to sketches. In the UK, two of the more successful examples are "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and "Little Britain". Stand-up comedy has been fairly well represented on television. Stand-up comedians have long been a staple of variety and late-night talk shows; indeed, talk-variety shows such as "The Tonight Show" traditionally open with a comedy monologue performed by the program host. Television stand-up reached a peak of popularity on British schedules with the immensely popular ITV programme "The Comedians". Their style of comedy was swept away almost entirely in the Britain of the early