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Barack Obama, John Mulaney and Carol Burnett are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Carol Burnett poses in the press room with the award for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for "Carol Burnett: 90 Years Of Laughter and Love" during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Carol Burnett poses in the press room with the award for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for "Carol Burnett: 90 Years Of Laughter and Love" during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Obama won the Emmy for best narrator for his Netflix documentary series, “Working: What We Do All Day," repeating in a category he  for narrating a Netflix series on national parks. He also has two Grammys for his voice work on the audiobooks of his two memoirs.

The former president, who was not at the ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, beat fellow nominees Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Mahershala Ali and Pedro Pascal in what was by far the most star-studded category at the Creative Arts Emmys, a two-night award-show marathon that mostly honours less-than-famous artists, crew members and crafts people in television.

Mulaney won his Emmy for writing on his Netflix stand-up special, “Baby J," in which his work took a darker turn and dealt with his drug addiction and recovery.

“I can’t wait to show this award to our son for a special he will never, ever be allowed to watch,†Mulaney told wife Olivia Munn, with whom he has a 2-year-old, as he accepted the award.

He previously won Emmys for another standup special and for his writing on “Saturday Night Live.â€

The 90-year-old Burnett took the stage to accept the last award of the weekend when NBC's “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love,†won best prerecorded variety special.

The comic legend won the first of her seven Emmys in 1961 and took her most recent one in 1997.

The Creative Arts Emmys, which began Saturday and ended Sunday, are a precursor to the main Emmy ceremony that will air 8 p.m. Jan. 15 on Fox, with “black-ish†star . Just like the main telecast, the Creative Arts Emmys arrive after a  because of .

Sunday's night two, which focused largely on reality shows and other unscripted TV, was largely overshadowed by the Golden Globe Awards, taking place simultaneously about 10 miles (16 kilometres) away in Beverly Hills.

Other winners included Keke Palmer, who took best game show host for “Password.†“I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson" was named best short form comedy, drama or variety series; “Queer Eye†was named best structured reality show; and “Welcome to Wrexham†won for best unstructured reality show.

Saturday night's winners included , who won his first Emmy for co-writing the song “A Beautiful Game†for “Ted Lasso†on Apple TV+.

TV veterans Judith Light and Nick Offerman each won their first Emmy on Saturday for guest roles. Offerman won his for an episode of “The Last of Us,†which took eight Creative Arts Emmys and is a favourite to win several more at the Jan. 15 main ceremony.

An edited version of the two-night ceremony airs Jan. 13 on cable channel FXX.

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