Fox News fills its primetime, daytime, and weekend slots with a deep bench of female anchors and hosts, and the lineup moved again in September 2026: Maria Bartiromo’s run at the network ended on 3 September, Emily Compagno left Outnumbered for a permanent seat on The Five, and Harris Faulkner took a short break before returning to The Faulkner Focus. Here is who is on the air now, what they host, and who you will see on a weekend evening.
Checked against Fox News Channel’s show pages and press releases, plus TV Insider and Deadline reporting, 15 October 2026.
What changed in 2026
- 3 September 2026: Maria Bartiromo left Fox News after more than 12 years. Fox called it a business decision. Sunday Morning Futures stays at 10 AM ET on Sundays with Larry Kudlow as interim anchor from 27 September through 8 November 2026 (the weekend after the midterms). Fox says a permanent host will be named later.
- 8 September 2026: Emily Compagno became a full-time co-host of The Five, taking the seat Jeanine Pirro left in 2025. Her last Outnumbered was 4 September. The third Outnumbered chair rotates among Fox personalities until a permanent co-host is named; none had been named as of 15 October.
- Late August to mid-September 2026: Harris Faulkner was off the air for a short break. She described it on social media as family time and a college dorm move. Fill-in anchors covered The Faulkner Focus; she has been back in the 11 AM chair since mid-September. She is not leaving Fox News.
- 20 September 2025: weekend revamp. Kayleigh McEnany’s Saturday in America launched (Saturdays 10 AM to noon), The Sunday Briefing with Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich alternating weekly replaced MediaBuzz (Sundays 11 AM), The Big Weekend Show grew to three hours (5 to 8 PM both days) with Johnny Joey Jones and Tomi Lahren as permanent co-hosts, and Griff Jenkins joined Fox & Friends Weekend.
- May 2025: Jeanine Pirro left to become U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Who is on Fox News on a weekend evening
If you are watching on a Sunday evening, the 5 to 8 PM ET block is The Big Weekend Show, where Tomi Lahren is the regular woman on the panel alongside Johnny Joey Jones and two rotating Fox personalities. After 8 PM on Sunday every show is male-hosted: Mark Levin, Trey Gowdy, then Brian Kilmeade. On Saturday night the women on air are Lahren (5 to 8 PM) and Lara Trump (9 PM).
| Sunday (ET) | Show | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 AM | Fox & Friends Weekend | Rachel Campos-Duffy, Charlie Hurt, Griff Jenkins |
| 10 AM | Sunday Morning Futures | Larry Kudlow (interim through 8 November 2026) |
| 11 AM | The Sunday Briefing | Peter Doocy or Jacqui Heinrich (alternate weeks) |
| 12–2 PM | Fox News Live | Rotating news anchors |
| 2 PM | Fox News Sunday | Shannon Bream |
| 3–5 PM | Fox Report | Jon Scott |
| 5–8 PM | The Big Weekend Show | Johnny Joey Jones, Tomi Lahren, two rotating co-hosts |
| 8 PM | Life, Liberty & Levin | Mark Levin |
| 9 PM | Sunday Night in America | Trey Gowdy |
| 10 PM | One Nation | Brian Kilmeade |
| Saturday (ET) | Show | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 AM | Fox & Friends Weekend | Rachel Campos-Duffy, Charlie Hurt, Griff Jenkins |
| 10 AM–12 PM | Saturday in America | Kayleigh McEnany |
| 12–2 PM | Fox News Live | Aishah Hasnie and rotating anchors |
| 3–5 PM | Fox Report | Jon Scott |
| 5–8 PM | The Big Weekend Show | Johnny Joey Jones, Tomi Lahren, two rotating co-hosts |
| 8 PM | Life, Liberty & Levin | Mark Levin |
| 9 PM | My View with Lara Trump | Lara Trump |
| 10 PM | Fox News Saturday Night | Jimmy Failla |
Fox moves weekend shows around a few times a year and breaking news pre-empts the grid, so treat the times as the regular schedule, not a guarantee for one specific night.
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. If you missed her around Labor Day 2026, that was a planned break: she said on social media she was taking time for family and a college dorm move, and she has been back on both shows since mid-September. In September 2026 Fox Nation also released her documentary Born on 9/11: 25 Years with Harris Faulkner.
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 — The Five (moved from Outnumbered in September 2026)
Compagno became a full-time co-host of The Five at 5 PM ET on 8 September 2026, filling the permanent seat Jeanine Pirro vacated. She had been a permanent Outnumbered co-host since 2021 and signed off that show on 4 September. 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 with Harris Faulkner and a rotating third co-host (since Compagno’s move to The Five) 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, Jesse Watters, and Emily Compagno, 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 — left Fox News in September 2026
Bartiromo anchored Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News and Mornings with Maria on Fox Business until 3 September 2026, when Fox ended her run after more than 12 years, calling it a business decision. Larry Kudlow anchors Sunday Morning Futures on an interim basis through 8 November 2026. 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.
Other current female anchors and correspondents
Beyond the marquee shows, these women anchor the early-morning, weekend, and reporting beats:
- Rachel Campos-Duffy — co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, 6 to 10 AM ET Saturdays and Sundays.
- Tomi Lahren — permanent co-host of The Big Weekend Show, 5 to 8 PM ET Saturdays and Sundays.
- Lara Trump — host of My View with Lara Trump, Saturdays at 9 PM ET.
- Jacqui Heinrich — senior White House correspondent; alternates with Peter Doocy on The Sunday Briefing, Sundays at 11 AM ET.
- Carley Shimkus — co-host of Fox & Friends First, weekdays at 5 AM ET.
- Julie Banderas — rotating news anchor across Fox News Live and headline updates.
- Aishah Hasnie — congressional correspondent.
- Gillian Turner — anchor and national-security correspondent.
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 |
| Harris Faulkner | The Faulkner Focus; Outnumbered | 11 AM; 12 PM |
| Emily Compagno | The Five | 5 PM weekdays |
| Kayleigh McEnany | Outnumbered; Saturday in America | 12 PM; 10 AM Saturdays |
| Rachel Campos-Duffy | Fox & Friends Weekend | 6–10 AM weekends |
| Jacqui Heinrich | The Sunday Briefing (alternate weeks) | 11 AM Sundays |
| Tomi Lahren | The Big Weekend Show | 5–8 PM weekends |
| Lara Trump | My View with Lara Trump | 9 PM 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?
Emily Compagno, as of 8 September 2026. For the 16 months in between, the show ran with three permanent co-hosts (Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, and Jesse Watters) and rotating guests. Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. still alternate as the liberal voice in the fifth seat.
What happened to Harris Faulkner?
Nothing permanent. She took a short break around Labor Day 2026 for family time and a college dorm move, and she has hosted The Faulkner Focus and Outnumbered again since mid-September. Rumors that she was leaving or banned were false.
Who hosts Sunday Morning Futures now?
Larry Kudlow, on an interim basis from 27 September through 8 November 2026, after Maria Bartiromo left Fox News on 3 September. Fox has not named a permanent host.
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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