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That's what Channing said about hiatus:

“We’re not doing as big a gap strategy as we may have done in the past,” she says. “There will be certain [shows] that have slightly longer breaks and some with very short breaks. I would prefer not to have big gaps.”

source: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/05/17/abc-2016-17-huge-in-season-hiatuses-may-no-longer-be-a-thing/