Sam Waterston, who has appeared as prosecutor Jack McCoy in more than 325 "Law & Order" episodes since 1994, will present the International Emmy Founders Award to Wolf at Monday night's awards gala.

He will be joined onstage at New York's Hilton hotel by his co-star Linus Roache, as well as Dann Florek, Tamara Tunie and Michaela McManus from the spinoff "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

"It's just stunning, people see `Law & Order' everyplace," said Bruce L. Paisner, president of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "Every place in the world they have police and some kind of criminal justice system."

The award to Wolf, the creator and executive producer of "Law & Order," will cap off an evening in which 40 nominees from 16 countries will be competing for International Emmys, honoring excellence in TV programming produced outside the United States, in 10 categories.

British television productions picked up a leading eight nominations, including "Life on Mars" which is bidding for its second best drama series award. David Suchet received a best actor nod for his portrayal of media mogul Robert Maxwell, while Lucy Cohu is up for best actress for the true-life drama "Forgiven" about a suburban housewife who discovers her husband has been abusing their 12-year-old daughter.

Brazil had five nominations, including "Mandrake" (drama series) about a criminal lawyer from Rio De Janiero, Pedro Cardoso (actor) for the comedy "The Big Family," and Irene Ravache (actress) for the romance "Eternal Magic."

Argentina and Japan each had four nominations, followed by China and Denmark with three apiece. Jordan and Peru had their first-ever nominations.

The nominees for non-scripted entertainment include the Dutch hoax-reality show, "The Big Donor Show," which stirred controversy when its producers announced a terminally ill woman would donate a kidney to a contestant in need of a transplant. Shortly before the broadcast, it was revealed the woman was not dying of a brain tumor and the exercise was intended to pressure the Dutch government to reform organ donation laws.

This year the International Academy introduced a new category for telenovelas, which previously had to compete against drama series. Once largely confined to Latin America, telenovelas have become popular throughout the world, Paisner said. The initial nominees are from Jordan ("Al-Igtiyah," or "The Invasion"), Argentina ("Lalola"), Russia ("One Night of Love") and Brazil ("Tropical Paradise").

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