In einer kleinen Stadt
On May 22, 1996, "Needful Things" was aired in a 4-hour timeslot on TBS. This airing included an hour of excised footage not included in the theatrical release. Upon release to home media, the film was cut by 1 hour to 2 hours in length. The TBS version has a large number of differences to the home release version, including scene extensions, abridgements, different scene arrangements, and more of the town's citizens and their lives.