Former President Barack Obama won his third Primetime Emmy on Sunday, taking the award for Outstanding Narrator at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards for his narration of the Netflix natural-history series Our Oceans .

The win extends a run of Emmy recognition for Obama's post-presidential media projects and places the former president among a small group of political figures who have received high-profile cultural honors.

Newsweek reached out to Obama's office for comment via email outside normal working hours.

Why It Matters

Obama's third Emmy underscores how former U.S. presidents can remain influential cultural figures after leaving office, leveraging production partnerships and streaming platforms to reach wide audiences.

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