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Another one for the mantelpiece: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes receives Honorary Founders Award at the 2015 International Emmys

Published: 11:07 EST, 24 November 2015 | Updated: 11:42 EST, 24 November 2015

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The end of Downton Abbey may be looming, with only one final Christmas special to go, but the show once-again showed its impact on the world at the International Emmys on Monday night.

While the period drama didn't scoop any gongs at the event, held at the New York Hilton, its creator Julian Fellowes was the toast of the ceremony as he picked up the Honorary Founders Awards.

Receiving the award for his work on the global-hit, the 66-year-old writer and director appeared delighted with the award which was presented to him by on of the show's stars, Elizabeth McGovern.

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Another trophy for the mantelpiece: While Downton Abbey didn't scoop any gongs at the International Emmys its creator Julian Fellowes was the toast of the ceremony as he picked up the Honorary Founders Awards

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Presented with the gong for his contribution to the quality of global TV, the Downton creator was joined by Elizabeth, who plays Lady Grantham, and the show's executive producer Gareth Neame.

Neame noted that Downton, which chronicles the life of the aristocratic Crawley family at the the turn of the 20th Century, is 'probably Britain's most successful scripted TV export'.

While Elizabeth said: '[Julian's] all-knowing hand may have led the cast into some sticky situations both upstairs and down but the wisdom, the sensitivity and the humor of his writing was never faulted at least not for those of us who outwitted what he would call the Grim Reaper.'

But while the programme has snagged over 48 wins in its six series run, it failed to net any nominations itself at the ceremony - held to honour the TV industry outside of America.

An honour: Presented with the gong for his contribution to the quality of global TV, the Downton creator, 66, was joined by Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Grantham, and executive producer Gareth Neame

The UK had led the nominations at the awards ceremony but was defeated in all but one category, marking an end to Britain's past dominance at the show.

Britain's only win came in the non-scripted entertainment category, with Sky's 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy.

The show follows thrill-seeking Irish TV presenter Baz Ashmawy as he cajoles his 71-year-old mother into doing daredevil stunts such as skydiving and alligator wrangling.

France was the big winner of the night, taking home three awards, led by the hit crime thriller Engrenages (Spiral) which won for best drama series.

Praise aplenty: Elizabeth said of Julian's work: 'The sensitivity and the humor of his writing was never faulted at least not for those of us who outwitted what he would call the Grim Reaper'

The gritty drama follows the lives of police officers, lawyers and judges who work at the Palais de Justice.

Brazil received two Emmys, while the Best Actor award went to Maarten Heijmans of the Netherlands for Ramses, which chronicles the rise and fall of the popular Dutch singer and actor Ramses Shaffy.

Norway's Anneke von der Lippe won the Best Actress gong for Eyewitness, in which she plays a police chief in a small town caught in the middle of a murder investigation.

During the ceremony Hollywood star Michael Douglas presented the honorary International Emmy Directorate Award to Richard Plepler, chairman and chief executive of HBO.

And while Downton may have missed out on the awards, over eight million people tuned in to watch the final episode earlier this month, which saw Lady Mary finally find happiness.

The cast will return to the idyllic Yorkshire countryside, where the fictional estates is located, when the Christmas special will air in December.

One final curtain call left: The cast will return to the idyllic Yorkshire countryside, where the fictional estates is located, when the Christmas special will air in December