Thirty-six nominees in nine categories were announced on Monday for the annual Emmy awards, which will take place on the November 25. The announcement – made at the TV and entertainment market, Mipcom, in Cannes – includes nominations from 19 countries including Angola, South Africa and Brazil. "This is the first time that programmes from Angola and Uruguay are nominated," said the Emmys.

From South Africa, Late Nite News With Loyiso Gola (LNN) was nominated in the comedy category and goes head-to-head with the UK's Moone Boy, Workingirls from France and Brazilian show How to Enjoy the End of the World.

Producer of the news parody show LNN Tamsin Andersson said, "It's a great feeling to have this recognition. The LNN team has worked tirelessly and passionately on the show from the beginning and it is humbling and very exciting that the Emmy's have given us a nod."

The eNCA show's anchor, Loyiso Gola, is joined by comedian David Kibuuka, ventriloquist Conrad Koch and his political analyst puppet Chester Missing, to name a few, as they poke fun at the South African politics.

"Late Nite News has become part of our national conversation. It has taught us to laugh at ourselves and see the truth through humour. I … value the hard work and dedication from Loyiso Gola, [producers] Kagiso Lediga, Tamsin Andersson and the rest of the team," said Patrick Conroy, eNCA group head of news.

'MasterChef SA'

MasterChef South Africa was nominated for the Non-Scripted Entertainment prize and will compete with Go Back to Where You Came From (Australia), Reto al Chef 2 (Colombia) and Dear Neighbors Help Our Daughter Find Love (Israel).

Other nominees of the Emmys include the Academy Award-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras in the Documentary category, British four-part political thriller Secret State and Sean Bean from the UK, who is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category for his role in Accused.

This year's Emmy's will also present two special awards. Director of the new Star Wars movie JJ Abrams will receive the 2013 International Emmy Founders Award and Anke Schäferkordt, co-chief executive of the RTL Group and chief executive of RTL Germany, will take home the 2013 International Emmy Directorate Award.

Emmy winners will be announced on November 25 2013 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

The full list of nominees:

ARTS PROGRAMMING

Hello?! Orchestra

MBC / SAN Media

South Korea

Soundtrack

Geronimo BVBA

Belgium

Multiple Views – La Máquina Loca (The Crazy Machine)

TV UNAM / El Caiman Films / Alebrije

Mexico

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

EMP / Mercury Songs co-production for Eagle Rock Entertainment

UK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Shinichi Tsutsumi in Yasu – A Single Father's Story

NHK

Japan

Sean Bean in Accused

RSJ Films

UK

Heino Ferch in Anatomy of Revenge

ZDF / ARTE / Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Vienna / ORF

Germany

Marcos Palmeira in Mandrake Especial

HBO Latin America Originals / Goritzia Filmes

Brazil

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Li Sun in The Back Palace: Legend of Zhen Huan

Dongyang Flower Film TV Culture / Beijing TV Art Center / SMG Picture / Beijing Star Galaxy Film TV Culture Communication

PR China

Sheridan Smith in Mrs Biggs

ITV Studios / December Media

UK

Lotta Tejle in 30 Degrees in February

SVT / Fundament Film

Sweden

Fernanda Montenegro in Sweet Mother

TV Globo

Brazil

COMEDY

Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola

eNCA (e News Channel Africa) / Diprente

South Africa

Moone Boy

Baby Cow Productions / Grand Pictures / Sprout Pictures / Hot Cod Productions / Sky 1 HD

UK

Workingirls

Gazelle et Cie / Canal Plus

France

How to Enjoy the End of the World

TV Globo

Brazil

DOCUMENTARY

The Golden Hour

Desert Road / TVNZ

New Zealand

My Mother, Lady Bondong

MBC

South Korea

5 Broken Cameras

Alegria Productions / Guy DVD Films / Burnat Films Palestine / France Télévisions

France

5 de Mayo, Un Dia de Gloria

Discovery Channel Latin America / Cactus Films

Mexico

DRAMA SERIES

Maalaala Mo Kaya

ABS-CBN

The Philippines

Les Revenants (Rebound)

Haut et Court TV / Canal+ Original Programming

France

Next in Line

TV Globo

Brazil

Accused

RSJ Films

UK

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

Go Back to Where You Came From

SBS Television Australia / Cordell Jigsaw Productions

Australia

MasterChef South Africa

Quizzical Pictures / Lucky Bean Media

South Africa

Dear Neighbors Help Our Daughter Find Love

Keshet Broadcasting / Keshet International / Fuchsia Productions

Israel

Reto al Chef 2

Foxtelecolombia

Colombia

TELENOVELA

Windeck

Semba Comunicação

Angola

30 vies (30 lives)

Aetios Productions Inc

Canada

Brasil Avenue

TV Globo

Brazil

Side by Side

TV Globo

Brazil

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

DramaW Mini-Series: Heaven's Ark

WOWOW INC. / FINE Entertainment

Japan

Secret State

Company Television / Newscope Films

UK

SOMOS – Cadáver se necesita

AGADU / Canal 10

Uruguay

A Day for a Miracle

Rowboat Film / ZDF

Germany