It does have 20 episodes. The first 12 will begin airing on March 5th, and theyll finish in mid June, and then there will be a 6 month break, and then in January 2007, 8 additional episodes will air. Theyre not calling this a new season though, just "bonus" episodes for Season 6.
Anyway, some new news, Lorraine Bracco, in a recent interview, when asked if there would be any advance screenings for the first few episodes of the season for the press like has been done in previous seasons, she replied that there would be no advance screenings because something really big happens in the first episode.
She reportedly seemed kind of embarresed afterwards as if she had maybe given away information she wasnt supposed to reveal, so she's got everyone's heads racing now to try to figure out what it will be. Here's the link.
