They, like most other dramas nowadays air their episodes straight through in the fall, have a winter finale then take a winter break and air the rest of the episodes in the spring straight through a couple of months later.
It's vastly preferable to having a whole bunch of small breaks through the season.
As to your question, The Blacklist returns February 1.
just felt like they stopped much earlier than most shows
anyway, since ive been playing catch up lately, finally finished last season's Justified, last season focused on going after Boyd is gonne be crazy.
Speaking of crazy, how many shows do we have starting early next year? Justified, The Americans, Archer, Agent Carter, im sure im forgeting a bunch more. Damn son, remember when shows were just in the fall?