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Dick Van Dyke was previously the oldest performer to win a Daytime Emmy Award, until this British broadcaster broke his record. The honour went to none other than the legendary British broadcaster, writer, and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, who made history on Friday by winning the 2024 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily for Netflix’s Secret Lives of Orangutans.

That makes Attenborough,99, a hair older than Van Dyke, who was 98 when he won the Guest Performer in a Daytime Drama Series Emmy last year for his appearance on Peacock’s Days of Our Lives.

Sir David Attenborough Sets New Record By Winning Daytime Emmy Awards

Attenborough’s win was one of three honours for Netflix’s Secret Lives of Orangutans, which also took home awa

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