While it will be several more years before America chooses its next president, Comedy Central already knows who it wants to lead its satirical news coverage through the 2020 election season and for a couple of years beyond that.

On Thursday, the network announced that it had extended the contract of Trevor Noah, the host of its flagship late-night program “The Daily Show,” for five more years, through 2022.

The five-year extension is a strong show of support for Mr. Noah, the South African-born comedian who succeeded Jon Stewart at “The Daily Show” in September 2015. Mr. Noah will remain the anchor of this topical satire program, as well as a writer and an executive producer. He will also produce and host annual year-end specials for Comedy Central. (As the network put it in a news release, “‘The Daily Show’ will no longer take for granted that humankind has made it to another Dec. 31.”)

Striking a similarly apocalyptic tone, Mr. Noah said in a statement, “It’s really exciting to renew this contract for either five more years or until Kim Jong-un annihilates us all — whichever one comes first.”