Shaky Ground was a TV sitcom which starred Matt Frewer as Bob Moody, a hapless, but supportive and caring father. Robin Riker played his wife and Jennifer Love Hewitt as his daughter. The show aired on FOX for the 1992-1993 season.

Episodes often focused on Bob's middle adulthood or the fact that he was not trendy, but managed to make it by having the confidence to be himself. Some episodes were surrealistic in nature, such as Bob trying an experimental hair restoration product only to find it has resulted in him becoming a werewolf, or him taking up "Dance Fu", a combination of the martial arts and jazz dancing in order to protect his family's right to go into a restaurant freely after a thug has threated to attack him. Other episodes were more down to earth, such as Bob having a sit-in with his son in their treehouse in order to protest oppressive zoning laws which demand the son's treehouse be demolished or Bob at first trying to stay out of his daughter's way when she is hosting a party at his house (as he believes he would be nothing but an embarrassment); but then introducing himself to liven up the party by giving the teenagers a Twister game and helping his daughter sum up confidence to approach a boy she has a crush on, to which the classmates then believe that Bob is a "cool guy". The series finale had Bob circulating a petition unsuccessfully; then attempting to get President Bill Clinton to be one of the signatories when he finds out the President is visiting Bob's hometown.

b Moody: Carter, what we're about to do is extremely wrong and deceitful. And I can't believe we're going to get away with it!

b Moody: They kicked me out of the cable store! Now I feel like Sinead O'Connor at the Vatican.