Obama wins second Emmy

Former President Obama scored his second Emmy win on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Sunday evening.

Obama won the outstanding narrator Emmy for his Netflix documentary, “Working: What We Do All Day,” a four-part series released in May. The former president beat other celebrities in the category, including Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Mahershala Ali and Pedro Pascal.

Netflix says that the series “explores the meaning of work for modern Americans in a time of rapid change.” It features Obama visiting and interviewing American workers across the country.

Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were producers on the docuseries, which was a joint project by Concordia Studios and Higher Ground, which is the production company launched by the Obamas in 2018.

This was Obama’s second Emmy award. He previously won in the same category for narrating “Our Great National Parks,” another Netflix series that debuted in 2022. The former president also has two Grammy awards for his voice narration on two of his memoirs. 

The Creative Arts Emmys is a two-night award show that honors technical and creative achievement on television. The Associated Press noted Obama was not present at the awards ceremony Sunday evening.