‘The Five’ Announces New Full-Time Co-Host

Fox News is making a major change to the lineup of its highest-rated program, filling a permanent seat that has been vacant for more than a year.

The move also means one familiar Fox personality will be leaving her longtime position on another popular daytime program.

Emily Compagno has been named a full-time co-host of The Five and will officially join the permanent lineup beginning September 8, Fox News announced.

Compagno will join Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, and Jesse Watters, while Harold Ford Jr. and Jessica Tarlov will continue sharing the program’s rotating liberal seat.

The move should be familiar to viewers because Compagno has regularly appeared on The Five as a rotating co-host.

She will fill the permanent seat previously occupied by Jeanine Pirro, who left Fox News in May 2025 and later became U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Compagno’s promotion also means she will leave Outnumbered, where she has served as a co-host since 2021.

Fox has not yet selected her permanent replacement, saying rotating Fox News personalities will occupy the seat until a new co-host is named.

Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott praised Compagno while announcing the decision.

“Fifteen years later, The Five remains a powerhouse and appointment viewing for millions of Americans,” Scott said.