The final season of TV mob drama The Sopranos has been delayed to allow actor James Gandolfini to recover from knee surgery.

Fans of hit mobster show The Sopranos will have to wait longer than expected for the sixth and final season - because it won't hit screens until 2006.

Sopranos star James Gandolfini is expected to be countersued by the show’s makers after he launched a lawsuit in an attempt to almost double his pay.