Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4554525-20171012024154/@comment-6175354-20171018024514

JennaMae wrote:

In general, all of these 20+ episode dramas are on roughly the same 9-month schedule and most do not have 3-month hiatuses - they air non-continuously from Jan to April/May. It shouldn't be a production issue either way. ABC has preferred the split season airing format, for quite a few years. Regardless, of which episode becomes the S7 winter finale. OUaT is probably not going to return until mid-February, at the earliest.