KC's Sharon Liese tops "Damages" and "The Closer" in CableFax Awards

Great news! "High School Confidential," the documentary series produced for WEtv, filmed in suburban Kansas City by a suburban Kansas City mom, Sharon Liese, and produced by Liese as her first-ever television project, beat out FX's "Damages" and TNT's "The Closer" for the Best Producer award at the first annual CableFAX Program Awards, handed out Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington.

A local television producer hasn't scored this kind of win since KCPT took home a national Emmy Award for best documentary in 2004 for the Tracy Tragos film "Be Good, Smile Pretty."

Previously on TV Barn, I wrote about "High School Confidential." I produced some videos connected to the story as well, and I notice they're now offline, so below, I've reposted them.

High School Confidential videos

filmed March, 2008, in Lawrence, Kansas by A.B. (a couple of these are stretched; I'll have to reprocess them sometime)

Video 1: Meet Beth, Gena and Crystle

Video 2: Sharon and Justine Liese, the mother and daughter

Video 3: Sharon Liese explains how it all started ... in her basement

Video 4: Meet Jessi