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International Emmys to honor Nigel Lythgoe

October 3, 2011 / 4:31 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the BAFTA Brits to Watch event held at the Belasco Theatre on July 9, 2011, in Los Angeles. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

(CBS/AP) British TV producer Nigel Lythgoe, chief judge and executive producer of "So You Think You Can Dance," and producer of "American Idol" will receive the honorary International Emmy Founders Award at the Nov. 21 International Emmy Awards ceremony in New York.

Subhash Chandra, chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., which launched India's first privately owned TV channel, will get the honorary International Emmy Directorate Award

Pictures: The 2011 Emmy Awards

British television productions picked up a leading seven International Emmy nominations Monday, including acting nods for Christopher Eccleston in "Accused" and Julie Walters in "Mo."

Brazil had six nominations, all for TV Globo productions, including best actor and actress nominations for Fabio Assuncao and Adriana Esteves in the TV movie "Songs of Betrayal" about the intense and passionate relationship between two music stars.

Sweden's three nominations all went to "Millennium," a mini-series based on the late Stieg Larsson's best-selling crime novel trilogy. "Millennium" is up for best TV Movie/Mini-Series, with its stars, Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace recognized for their portrayal of investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist and eccentric computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

A total of 40 nominees from a record 20 countries will compete in 10 categories for International Emmys, which honor excellence in TV programming outside the U.S. They were selected from more than 1,000 entries from 61 countries.

Japan had four nominations, followed by Germany and Sweden with three each, and Argentina and South Korea with two apiece. Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore and Spain each had a single nomination.