Obama, Mulaney and Burnett among the winners of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Former US President Barack Obama won the Crrative Arts Emmy Award for Best Narrator for his Netflix documentary series, 'Working: What We Do All Day', repeating in the category where he had previously won for narrating a Netflix series about national parks. Obama also has two other Grammys won for his voice work on the audiobooks of his two memoirs.

The former president, who was not present at the ceremony at the Peacock Theatre 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 awards marathon that honours mainly artists, crew members and lesser-known workers on television.

Also among the honorees was John Mulaney, who won his Emmy for writing his Netflix standup special, "Baby J," in which he addressed 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 his wife Olivia Munn, by whom he has a 2-year-old son, as he accepted the award. Mulaney had previously won an Emmy for another standup special and for his writing on "Saturday Night Live".

Also noteworthy was the awarding of the 90-year-old Carol Burnett, who took the stage for NBC's 'Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love', winning the 'best pre-recorded variety special' award. The comic legend won the first of her seven Emmys in 1961 and the most recent in 1997.