OWNER?S MANUAL

AMC announced today that the network has greenlit a new unscripted series, Owner's Manual. The series will consist of eight, half-hour episodes and premiere in third quarter 2013. Produced by Asylum Entertainment (The Kennedys, Addicted, The Locator), Owner's Manual will test one of the most common divides among man - those who read the owner's manual and those who do not. Representing each side of this divide, Ed Sanders (photo: at right) (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) and Marcus Hunt (HGTV's Hammer Heads) are put to the test in a weekly challenge where they attempt to operate today's most advanced, dangerous and powerful machinery and technology - from a fighter jet to a submarine, and more. With opposing points of view and conflicting methods of practice -- one man works strictly from the rule book, while the other uses only his instincts -- the real test will be how this "everyman" duo can collaborate to accomplish their challenge. Owner's Manual is executive produced by Steve Michaels, Jonathan Koch, Alex Piper and Jerry McNutt.