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1	Writing for TV ain't easy-- coming up with fresh plots on a weekly basis can be tough. Fortunately for writers, most shows follow the same basic format week-to-week, so they don't have to come up with radically different plots every seven days. One of the most popular show types is the "Of The Week" format, in which a core cast of {{Regular Character}}s deals with a new problem every week. This combines the stability of a template show with the possibility of new, exciting stories.
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3	Most of the time, the problem the cast encounters disappears by the end of the episode, never to be mentioned again. It's becoming increasingly common for a show to have an overreaching seasonal StoryArc as well, but writers of the past generally preferred to stay low on continuity; less continuity means it's easier to re-air the show in syndication.
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5	In script terms, the OneShotCharacter who comes in with a problem and disappears after is called a '''client'''.
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7	!!Tropes:
8	[[index]]
9	* GirlOfTheWeek: One of the main characters gains a love interest who is never seen beyond the love interest's debut episode.
10	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Every episode or most of the episodes have the heroes fight a one-shot antagonist.
11	** MonsterOfTheAesop: The episode's villain also fits with the episode's moral.
12	* MysteryOfTheWeek
13	* PatientOfTheWeek
14	* SubcultureOfTheWeek
15	* [[AdventureTowns Town of the Week]]
16	** [[{{Planetville}} Planet of the Week]]
17	* VictimOfTheWeek: An unlucky individual, {{innocent\|Bystander}} or [[AssholeVictim otherwise]], who serves as the first person in the episode to be attacked by the antagonist of the week.
18	** BodyOfTheWeek: If they end up dead, then they become a murder mystery for the protagonists to solve.
19	** MonsterMunch: Their only purpose in the plot amounts to being preyed upon by he MonsterOfTheWeek.
20	** VillainPossessedBystander: When the victim gets mind-controlled by (and/or transformed into) the VillainOfTheWeek.
21	* WoobieOfTheWeek
22	[[/index]]

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