 Some scenes were altered for the TV and cable release of "Mommie Dearest".   Aside from editing out the bad language, there is a notably different version  of the scene where Joan hacks down her prize roses, where for some reason the  musical background to this scene was completely removed, and the abrupt cut  from L.B. Mayers face to Joan kneeling dementedly in the rose garden with  her garden shears is accompanied by a bone