Former President Obama, a two-time Grammy winner, gets Emmy nod for Netflix docuserie

Former President Barack Obama is up for the biggest prize on television.

Obama, 60, was nominated for an Emmy on Tuesday for his voiceover work in the Netflix documentary "Our Great National Parks."

In the category of outstanding narrator, the two-term Democrat is up against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,

 David Attenborough, W. Kamau Bell, and Lupita Nyong'o.

Obama already has two Grammys for best spoken word album under his belt.

He won for "Dreams from My Father" in 2006 and "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" in 2008.

President Dwight Eisenhower is the only other American president to have received television's highest honor.

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