Emily Compagno Joins Fox News' 3.6 Million-Viewer The Five as Full-Time Co-Host

Q: With Emily Compagno stepping up to cable's biggest stage, who will ultimately claim her highly coveted vacant seat on 'Outnumbered'?

No one has been chosen yet. Fox News says Emily Compagno’s seat on “Outnumbered” will be filled by a rotating lineup of network personalities until the company names a permanent replacement. What is clear is that the vacancy is valuable. “Outnumbered” remains one of Fox News’ established daytime franchises, and Compagno held the role since 2021 alongside Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh McEnany. Her move to “The Five” opens a prominent on-air position that gives Fox flexibility to test chemistry, audience response and fit before committing. The reporting provided does not identify a shortlist or favored successor, and Fox has not publicly signaled a timetable for the decision. Multiple accounts repeat the same point: the network is deliberately using temporary rotating hosts while it evaluates options. So, for now, the most accurate answer is that the seat is open and in audition mode. Until Fox News announces otherwise, any specific name would be speculation rather than confirmed reporting.

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Aug 24

Sept. 8 marks Emily Compagno’s move to a permanent seat on Fox News’ “The Five,” ending her run as co-host of the noon ET show “Outnumbered.”
Jeanine Pirro’s departure for the U.S. attorney post in Washington created the opening, and Fox News said a temporary personality will fill Compagno’s “Outnumbered” seat until a permanent replacement is chosen.
Compagno, a Fox contributor since 2018 and “Outnumbered” co-host since 2021, joins Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Jesse Watters, Harold Ford Jr. and Jessica Tarlov on the panel.
The move puts her on cable news’ top-rated program: “The Five” averaged 3.6 million viewers and 322,000 adults 25-54 in the second quarter.