Editing Jon Stewart (section)

=== 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike ===
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Stewart was an important factor in the unionization of the [[Comedy Central]] writers. ''The Daily Show'' writers were the first of Comedy Central's writers to be able to join the guild, after which other shows followed.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=April 23, 2008 |url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2387 |title=Comedy Central Writers Win WGA Contract |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America|WGA]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102203818/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2387 |archive-date=January 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=April 23, 2008 |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/legal-services/4465402-1.html |title=Union Deal for 'Daily Show' Writers |publisher=AllBusiness.com |archive-date=January 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111134615/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/legal-services/4465402-1.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Stewart supported the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]]. On ''The Daily Show'' episode just before the strike, he sarcastically commented about how Comedy Central had made available all episodes for free on their website, but without advertising, and said, "go support our advertisers". The show went on hiatus when the strike began, as did other late-night talk shows. Upon Stewart's return to the show on January 7, 2008, he refused to use the title, ''The Daily Show'', stating that ''The Daily Show'' was the show made with all of the people responsible for the broadcast, including his writers. During the strike, he referred to his show as ''A Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' until the strike ended on February 13, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |url=http://www.today.com/id/22571544/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/colbert-stewart-make-do-without-writers/ |title=Colbert, Stewart Make Do Without Writers |work=Today |archive-date=September 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905160010/http://www.today.com/id/22571544/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/colbert-stewart-make-do-without-writers |url-status=live}}</ref>

Stewart's choice to return to the air did bring criticism that he was undermining the writers of his show. [[Seth MacFarlane]] wrote an inside joke into an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' about this, causing Stewart to respond with an hour-long call in which he questioned how MacFarlane could consider himself the "moral arbiter" of Hollywood.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/NrcOge6pMhg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121211193451/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcOge6pMhg&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |last=Morgan |first=Piers |title=Seth MacFarlane Interview |date=October 4, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcOge6pMhg |publisher=CNN}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Former ''Daily Show'' writer [[David Feldman (comedian)|David Feldman]] also accused Stewart of being anti-union at the time and of punishing his writers for their decision to unionize by not using their material.<ref>{{cite web |last=David |first=Feldman |title=Former Daily Show Writer Accuses Jon Stewart of Punishing His Writers For Forming A Union |date=May 25, 2012 |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/2012/05/is-jon-stewart-anti-union/ |publisher=Patheos |access-date=May 25, 2012 |archive-date=September 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926234305/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/2012/05/is-jon-stewart-anti-union/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Writers Guild Strike of 2007–2008 also was responsible for a [[Who Made Huckabee?|notable mock feud]] between Stewart, [[Stephen Colbert]], and [[Conan O'Brien]] in early 2008. Without writers to help fuel their banter, the three comedians concocted a [[fictional crossover|crossover]]/rivalry to garner more viewers during the ratings slump. Colbert claimed that because of "the Colbert bump", he was responsible for [[Mike Huckabee]]'s success in the [[2008 U.S. presidential election|2008 presidential race]]. O'Brien claimed that he was responsible for Huckabee's success because not only had he mentioned Huckabee on his show, but also that he was responsible for [[Chuck Norris]]'s success (Norris backed Huckabee). In response, Stewart claimed that he was responsible for the success of O'Brien since Stewart had featured him on ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]'', and in turn, the success of Huckabee. This resulted in a three-part comedic battle among the three pundits, with all three appearing on each other's shows. The feud ended on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' with a mock brawl involving the three hosts.<ref>[http://www.today.com/id/23017599 "Conan, Stewart, Colbert unite in TV feud"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930033627/http://www.today.com/id/23017599 |date=September 30, 2020}}, February 5, 2008</ref>