Owner's Manual (TV series)

Owner's Manual is an American reality television series that airs on AMC and premiered on August 15, 2013.^[1] Announced in November 2012, the series' first season consists of eight, half-hour episodes.^[2] Owner's Manual tests whether it is best to read the included owner’s manual or not by representing each side of the divide in a weekly challenge. Ed Sanders and Marcus Hunt attempt to operate machinery and technology each week with one man working strictly from the manual and the other using his instincts.^[3]

Owner's Manual
Genre	Reality
Presented by	Ed Sanders Marcus Hunt
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Alex Piper Jerry McNutt Jonathan Koch Steve Michaels
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Asylum Entertainment
Original release
Network	AMC
Release	August 15 (2013-08-15) – September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Stunt Plane"	August 15, 2013 (2013-08-15)	101	0.32[4]
Marcus and Ed are challenged to master aerobatic maneuvers in stunt planes.
2	"Locomotive"	August 15, 2013 (2013-08-15)	102	0.24[4]
The men are asked to attach rail cars to a locomotive in hopes to sustain a ride without losing the cargo.
3	"Off Roading"	August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22)	103	0.21[5]
Racing high-performance vehicles through Nevada.
4	"Brewery"	August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)	104	0.24[6]
Brewing beer in Hawaii.
5	"Yarder"	September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05)	105	0.15[7]
Logging and hauling massive logs in Oregon.
6	"Tall Ships"	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)	106	0.26[8]
Sailing off the Californian coast.
7	"Carnival"	September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19)	107	N/A
Building at a carnival.
8	"Rock Quarry"	September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)	108	N/A
Blasting quarry rock on a mountainside.

Reception

Robert Lloyd of The Los Angeles Times says the show is guided by charm and pretense.^[9] Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the show 3 out of 5 stars saying that while the show is not the most sophisticated of shows, watching how the two handle things is interesting.^[10]