Fox News fills its primetime, daytime, and weekend slots with a deep bench of female anchors and hosts. The lineup shifted in the last two years: Jeanine Pirro left to become U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Kayleigh McEnany added a Saturday show, and Emily Compagno settled in as a permanent Outnumbered co-host. Here is who is on the air now and what they host.
Current Fox News female anchors
Harris Faulkner — The Faulkner Focus & Outnumbered
Faulkner has been at Fox News since 2005 and is one of the network’s most-watched daytime anchors. She hosts The Faulkner Focus at 11 AM ET and co-anchors Outnumbered at noon. She has won six News Emmy Awards and has hosted primetime town halls under the Town Hall America with Harris Faulkner banner.
Martha MacCallum — The Story
MacCallum has anchored The Story with Martha MacCallum since 2017 and has been with the network since January 2004. The show airs at 3 PM ET and centers on policy interviews and political news. She previously co-hosted America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer.
Ainsley Earhardt — Fox & Friends
Earhardt joined Fox News in 2007 and has co-hosted Fox & Friends since 2016 alongside Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade. The morning show airs weekdays from 6 to 9 AM ET. She also hosts Ainsley’s Bible Study on Fox Nation and has written New York Times bestselling memoirs and children’s books.
Shannon Bream — Fox News Sunday & Chief Legal Correspondent
Bream became the first woman to host Fox News Sunday when she took the chair in September 2022, replacing Chris Wallace. The show airs Sundays at 2 PM ET. She remains the network’s chief legal correspondent and a frequent face during Supreme Court terms. She joined Fox in 2007 as a Washington, D.C.–based reporter and previously hosted Fox News @ Night.
Sandra Smith — America Reports
Smith co-anchors America Reports with John Roberts weekdays from 1 to 3 PM ET. She was an original Outnumbered co-host from 2014 until 2018, when she moved to America’s Newsroom, and joined America Reports at its 2021 launch. She came to Fox News from Fox Business in 2007 and was on FBN’s launch lineup. She is a Louisiana State University alum and grew up in Wheaton, Illinois.
Emily Compagno — Outnumbered
Compagno has been a permanent co-host of Outnumbered at noon ET since 2021, sharing the panel with Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh McEnany plus two daily guests. She is an attorney who practiced criminal defense and civil litigation in California and once served as an acting director at the Social Security Administration. She also hosts The Fox True Crime Podcast and wrote the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Under His Wings.
Kayleigh McEnany — Outnumbered & Saturday in America
McEnany joined Fox News in 2021 after serving as White House press secretary in the first Trump administration. She co-hosts Outnumbered at noon ET and, since September 2025, anchors her own weekend show, Saturday in America, on Saturdays at 10 AM ET. She holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and a foreign service degree from Georgetown.
Dana Perino — The Five & America’s Newsroom
Perino is a permanent co-host of the network’s flagship 5 PM ET roundtable The Five, alongside Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters, and co-anchors America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer in the 9–11 AM ET window. She was White House press secretary under President George W. Bush before moving into broadcasting.
Laura Ingraham — The Ingraham Angle
Ingraham hosts The Ingraham Angle weeknights at 7 PM ET. She is a Dartmouth graduate and a University of Virginia–trained attorney, and was a commentator and radio host before her current primetime slot.
Jessica Tarlov — The Five
Tarlov is one of the Democratic voices who rotates through the fifth chair on The Five, alternating with Harold Ford Jr. opposite the conservative co-hosts. She holds a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics and previously worked in political consulting.
Maria Bartiromo — Sunday Morning Futures & Mornings with Maria
Bartiromo anchors Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News at 10 AM ET on Sundays and hosts Mornings with Maria on Fox Business. She was the first journalist to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and joined Fox after a 20-year run at CNBC.
Jeanine Pirro — left Fox for the Justice Department in 2025
Pirro hosted Justice with Judge Jeanine and was a permanent co-host on The Five before leaving Fox News in May 2025. President Trump named her acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia that month, and the Senate confirmed her to the full post in August 2025.
Notable former Fox News female anchors
Megyn Kelly
Kelly anchored The Kelly File and co-hosted America’s Newsroom at Fox from 2004 until she left for NBC in early 2017. She now hosts The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM and YouTube.
Jamie Colby
Colby co-anchored America’s News Headquarters on Sunday mornings and hosted Strange Inheritance on Fox Business from 2015 to 2018. She is a licensed attorney in four U.S. jurisdictions.
Marie Harf
Harf joined Fox News in 2017 as a contributor offering political and national security analysis. Before broadcasting she was Deputy Spokesperson at the State Department under Secretary John Kerry and a CIA Middle East analyst.
Quick reference: Fox News female anchors and their shows
| Anchor | Show(s) | Timeslot (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Ainsley Earhardt | Fox & Friends | 6–9 AM weekdays |
| Dana Perino | America’s Newsroom; The Five | 9–11 AM; 5 PM |
| Maria Bartiromo | Sunday Morning Futures | 10 AM Sundays |
| Harris Faulkner | The Faulkner Focus; Outnumbered | 11 AM; 12 PM |
| Emily Compagno | Outnumbered | 12 PM |
| Kayleigh McEnany | Outnumbered; Saturday in America | 12 PM; 10 AM Saturdays |
| Sandra Smith | America Reports | 1–3 PM weekdays |
| Martha MacCallum | The Story | 3 PM weekdays |
| Jessica Tarlov | The Five (rotating seat) | 5 PM |
| Laura Ingraham | The Ingraham Angle | 7 PM weeknights |
| Shannon Bream | Fox News Sunday | 2 PM Sundays |
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FAQs
Who is the longest-tenured female anchor at Fox News?
Among current on-air talent, Martha MacCallum (joined January 2004) and Harris Faulkner (joined 2005) have the longest tenures.
Who replaced Jeanine Pirro on The Five?
Fox did not name a single permanent replacement. The show runs with three permanent co-hosts — Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, and Jesse Watters — and rotates regulars through the fifth seat, with Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. alternating as the liberal voice.
Is Megyn Kelly still at Fox News?
No. She left Fox in 2017, briefly hosted at NBC, and now runs The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM with a daily YouTube simulcast.
Who was the first woman to host Fox News Sunday?
Shannon Bream, who took over the anchor chair in September 2022 — the first woman to do so in the show’s history.
Where can I watch these anchors live?
Fox News Channel is carried by most U.S. cable and satellite providers and streams on services such as YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling, and the Fox News app (subscription required for full live streams).
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