{"id":824609,"date":"2026-08-24T21:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824609\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:24:09","slug":"fox-news-shakes-up-the-five-with-new-full-time-co-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824609\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News shakes up ‘The Five’ with new full-time co-host"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News is moving Emily Compagno to a full-time seat on \u201cThe Five,\u201d<\/a> promoting the longtime network personality from \u201cOutnumbered\u201d to one of cable news\u2019 most-watched programs.<\/p>\n

Compagno will officially join \u201cThe Five\u201d on Sept. 8 alongside Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino and Jesse Watters, with Harold Ford Jr. and Jessica Tarlov continuing to rotate in the show\u2019s liberal seat, Fox announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Compagno will relinquish her role on \u201cOutnumbered,\u201d where Fox said a rotating network personality will fill her seat until a permanent replacement is named.<\/p>\n

Emily Compagno will join \u201cThe Five\u201d as a full-time co-host beginning Sept. 8. Courtersy Fox News<\/p>\n

\u201cEmily is a highly accomplished host whose energy and talent have made her a standout across Fox News Media, and we are thrilled to officially welcome her to the show,\u201d said Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott.<\/p>\n

Compagno said she was \u201chonored\u201d to join the program after appearing alongside its hosts over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving an official seat at the table on what I truly believe is the most fun show on television is an incredible privilege,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Five\u201d averaged 3.6 million viewers during the second quarter of 2026. From left to right: Vice President JD Vance, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity and can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move gives Compagno a permanent role on a show that averaged 3.6 million viewers and 322,000 viewers in the key 25-to-54 demographic during the second quarter of this year.<\/p>\n

Fox said the program, which marked its 15th anniversary in July, has been the highest-rated show in cable news for 19 consecutive quarters.<\/p>\n

Emily Compagno attends the 2025 Fox Nation Patriot Awards at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 6, 2025 in Greenvale, NY. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Compagno joined Fox News as a contributor in 2018 before becoming a co-host of \u201cOutnumbered\u201d in 2021.<\/p>\n

She is also the author of \u201cUnder His Wings,\u201d<\/a> published by Fox News Books, which debuted at No. 1 on both Amazon and the New York Times bestseller list in its first week.<\/p>\n

Before joining the network, Compagno practiced criminal defense and civil litigation and later worked at the Social Security Administration as a federal managing attorney and acting director.<\/p>\n

She also served as a senior judge judicial extern for the late Judge John T. Noonan on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and held legal positions in South Africa and Brazil.<\/p>\n

Compagno previously was captain of the Oakland Raiders\u2019 cheerleading squad and was selected as an NFL ambassador. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Compagno was previously captain of the Oakland Raiders\u2019 cheerleading squad and was selected as an NFL ambassador, representing the league internationally and visiting US troops in Iraq and Kuwait on a USO tour.<\/a><\/p>\n

She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from the University of Washington and a law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.<\/p>\n

Fox News is run by Fox Corp \u2014 sister company to The Post\u2019s owner News Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox News is moving Emily Compagno to a full-time seat on \u201cThe Five,\u201d promoting the longtime network personality…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[28,88,6265,11320,10815],"class_list":["post-824609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-business","tag-entertainment","tag-fox","tag-fox-news","tag-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}