 During the writers' strike in 2008, O'Brien staged a mock feud with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart (of "The Daily Show") and Stephen Colbert (of "The Colbert Report") over a dispute about which of the three were responsible for giving a "bump" to Mike Huckabee's campaign to become the Republican presidential nominee.This feud crossed over all three shows during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.On February 20, 2009, NBC aired the last episode of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien".