Barack Obama Becomes Second U.S. President To Win Emmy With 'Our Great National Parks' Triumph

[In It to Win It]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/barack-obama-becomes-second-u-004710163.html

Former U.S. President Barack Obama won his first Emmy for his narration of Netflix’s five-part documentary series, Our Great National Parks.

Grammy-winner Obama becomes the second President to win an Emmy, after Dwight Eisenhower, who was awarded a prize in 1956 while still in office, and the first to win a competitive award for a specific television project.

Obama nabbed the Outstanding Narrator award at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, beating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War), David Attenborough (The Mating Game), W. Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby) and Lupita Nyong’o (Serengeti II) in a star-studded category.

He was also previously nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy in 2016 for David Attenborough Meets President Obama.

Obama wasn’t present at the awards and the Academy accepted on his behalf after RuPaul presented the category.

In Our Great National Parks, produced by The Obamas’ production company Higher Ground, the former president and first lady Michelle Obama’s production company, shines the spotlight on some of the planet’s most spectacular national parks.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Add that to the Oscar for producing FACTORY.

The Oscar winning Documentary that aired on Netflix.

Making a difference in a meaningful way. Congratulations Mr. President.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Congratulations President Obama! I would love to catch Obama meeting Attenborough, but I don't....

have a streaming service. But...YAY!!!!!!

[SharonClark]

3. There he goes - doing good and making

all Americans proud. Congratulations Mr President.

[LudwigPastorius]

4. Obama could be the only TEGONPP in history.

He's got the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Nobel Peace Prize.

All he lacks is a Tony award.

I, for one, am looking forward to his turn as Atticus Finch in the Broadway revival of "To Kill A Mockingbird".

[Upthevibe]

5. LudwigPastorius...........

I was just going to post this.

If/when he wins a Tony, I think he'd be first and only President to become attain EGOT status.

[SunSeeker]

6. I didn't even know about this series, and I have Netflix!

Definitely adding it to my queue!

[TygrBright]

7. That's gonna chap a certain orange butt.

[Redacted] always hated not winning Emmys for his "brilliant" television work.

amusedly,
Bright

[LisaM]

8. I wish it was on a free platform or a non-streaming service.

I don't want to get nickel and dimed at $4.99 to $14.99 a month each for all these different services. We pay for cable (mostly because we watch a lot of live sports and can't have satellite in our apartment) and I can't believe the proliferation of these add-on platforms that hold you up because of one or two shows you want to watch.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Congratulations to President Obama

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