Season 1

2016 · 25 episodes · 10h 25m in all

Rocco’s Hard Academy is the world’s first university of porn. A boot camp where 16 aspiring men and women actors, story editors and directors will learn how to work in the porn industry.

1. Episode 1
11 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Charting a new course after retiring from acting, Rocco shoots a recruiting video to attract students to the world's first "porn university."
2. Episode 2
12 Apr 2016 · 25 min
His office flooded with applications, Rocco and his team interview promising candidates to select the academy's first 14 students.
3. Episode 3
13 Apr 2016 · 25 min
With the help of adult film stars Carolina Abril and Lara De Santis, Rocco auditions more candidates for the academy -- men and women alike.
4. Episode 4
14 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Porn veteran Valeria Visconti joins Rocco and the judges as they screen the last round of candidates hoping to join the academy in Budapest.
5. Episode 5
15 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco puts the finishing touches on the campus in Budapest. On their first night at the academy, the actors face a pair of surprise challenges.
6. Episode 6
16 Apr 2016 · 25 min
After taking a blood test, the students tackle their first day of classes. An unexpected departure throws Rocco's confidence in his project.
7. Episode 7
17 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Hoping to lighten the mood, Rocco organizes a volleyball game with a special surprise for the winners. Rocco helps one actor with performance anxiety.
8. Episode 8
18 Apr 2016 · 25 min
The class gets a primer on classic porn characters, then heads to the dungeon for a hands-on lesson in submission and domination.
9. Episode 9
19 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco and Gabriele clash over the day's lesson, which includes a cold hosing-down to teach the students about working in decidedly unsexy conditions.
10. Episode 10
20 Apr 2016 · 25 min
In the classroom, the students learn the finer points of sexual positions performed for the camera, then try them out on the set of a pro porn shoot.
11. Episode 11
21 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco submits to a "casting" for a sex toy modeled literally on his physique, and meets with a group of women filmmakers producing a new kind of porn.
12. Episode 12
22 Apr 2016 · 25 min
A reporter asks Rocco about his career's effect on his family. Students reflect on the emotional toll of the school. The class gets a night out.
13. Episode 13
23 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Four actresses arrive at the academy to help as Rocco guides the students through the stages of capturing the action on film.
14. Episode 14
24 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco explains how to interpret a role and gives tips for maintaining concentration and virility on the set, then puts the students to the test.
15. Episode 15
25 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco teaches the students how to use all their senses while performing, then introduces "Porn 2.0," where the actors film themselves during a scene.
16. Episode 16
26 Apr 2016 · 25 min
The students must run the gauntlet on a paintball course while dressed as giant phalluses. Later, Rocco offers the student-directors some tips.
17. Episode 17
27 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco takes some time off from the academy with Gabriele to enjoy a massage and explore another business venture: creating a new porn web series.
18. Episode 18
28 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco turns the actors loose to begin work on the class's final projects and confers with the directors about achieving a personal style.
19. Episode 19
29 Apr 2016 · 25 min
Rocco and Gabriele review the students' film projects and struggle to judge whether the pupils took the academy's lessons to heart.
20. Episode 20
30 Apr 2016 · 25 min
With classes now at an end, Rocco prepares a graduation ceremony and celebration. After receiving their diplomas, the students cut loose.
21. Episode 21
1 May 2016 · 25 min
In this alternate cut of the show's first episode, Rocco gets the ball rolling recruiting students for his new "porn university."
22. Episode 22
2 May 2016 · 25 min
After welcoming the students to the academy, Rocco introduces their tutors and leads a field trip to the set of a professional porn shoot.
23. Episode 23
3 May 2016 · 25 min
Rocco offers the students lessons about domination and submission, working with different types of characters and performing for the camera.
24. Episode 24
4 May 2016 · 25 min
The students learn how to use all their senses to maintain concentration on set, then get a lesson in filming themselves while performing.
25. Episode 25
5 May 2016 · 25 min
Rocco turns the students loose to begin work on their final film projects, then judges their work before throwing a wild graduation party.