Why hasn't there been any new episodes of the Vampire Diaries?

I have been watching the show since it started and have read all the books but last week they were reruns and I have been checking online on the CW and still I haven't found anything. The last episode was the one where Elena and Stefan finially have and then she sees the picture of Katherine and freaks out and get in a car accident and then theres that black shadow guy coming at her and she screams. Is this that thing that TV shows do when they stop halfway in the middle of a series and make you wait like a month? Cause I don't want to wait! Haha.