The Five
American panel talk television series
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| May 8 2025 | Jeanine Pirro leaves the network after being selected by President Donald Trump as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. |
| July 15 2024 | Achieves highest rated episode with 5.5 million viewers, broadcasting the first episode after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and during the 2024 Republican National Convention. |
| March 31 2024 | Closes the first quarter averaging 3.04 million viewers and becomes the first non-primetime program to top cable news for ten consecutive quarters. |
| March 28 2024 | Tony Bobulinski filed a $30 million lawsuit against liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov over comments about alleged legal bill payments. |
| January 2024 | Becomes the first non-primetime program to top cable news for ten consecutive quarters, averaging 3.04 million viewers. |
| 2023 | Fox News Media launched The Big Weekend Show as part of the expanding talk show lineup. |
| December 31 2023 | Closes out the year as the most watched show in cable news and the most watched non-primetime show for the second consecutive year, averaging 2.9 million viewers. |
| June 30 2023 | Geraldo Rivera announces his departure from The Five, later revealing he was fired from Fox after 23 years. |
| June 21 2023 | Geraldo Rivera announced he would be departing the program on June 30, 2023. |
| December 31 2022 | Closes out the year as the most watched non-primetime show in cable news history, averaging 3.5 million viewers. |
| June 30 2022 | Geraldo Rivera announces his departure from the program after 23 years at Fox News. |
| June 30 2022 | By the end of the second quarter, The Five becomes the most watched show in cable news, averaging 3.3 million viewers. |
| April 2022 | The Five becomes the number one show on cable, outperforming Tucker Carlson Tonight and Fox News' primetime lineup. |
| January 2022 | The Five announced Jeanine Pirro would be named co-host, with rotating liberal co-hosts Geraldo Rivera, Jessica Tarlov, and Harold Ford Jr. |
| 2021 | Fox News Media launched Gutfeld! as another spin-off talk show. |
| May 2021 | Juan Williams departs the program after the show returns to in-studio production post-COVID-19 pandemic, choosing to remain in Washington D.C. with his family. |
| July 2018 | Kimberly Guilfoyle abruptly leaves Fox News to work for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign. |
| 2017 | Jesse Watters joins as a host. Eric Bolling leaves the program to co-host Fox News Specialists and is later fired from the network due to sexual harassment allegations. |
| 2017 | Bob Beckel briefly returns to the program in early 2017. |
| 2017 | Jesse Watters joins as a host of the program. |
| September 25 2017 | The Five returned to its original 5 p.m. time slot to satisfy viewer preference. |
| May 2017 | Liberal co-host Bob Beckel was fired from Fox News due to racism allegations. |
| April 2017 | Co-host Jesse Watters made a suggestive joke about Ivanka Trump speaking into a microphone, leading to public scrutiny and his temporary vacation from the show. |
| April 24 2017 | The Five moved to the 9 p.m. hour following the cancellation of The O'Reilly Factor. |
| February 27 2017 | The Five relocated from its original Studio D to Studio M in the News Corp. Building at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. |
| February 27 2017 | The program was moved to Studio F and received a graphics makeover. |
| 2015 | Bob Beckel initially leaves the program to join CNN. |
| 2014 | Andrea Tantaros departs the program, being named co-host of Outnumbered, and later leaves the network after accusing Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment. |
| 2014 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart featured a segment by Samantha Bee about a supposed romantic subplot on The Five. |
| 2014 | Andrea Tantaros departs the program to become co-host of Outnumbered. |
| 2013 | The Five became the second-most-watched program in cable news, ranking behind The O'Reilly Factor, and occasionally achieving the top rating in the 25-54 demographic. |
| 2012 | The show jumps to fourth place in cable news rankings, with particularly high viewership during the Republican Convention. |
| November 6 2012 | On Election Day, The Five draws 4.4 million viewers, demonstrating significant audience engagement. |
| 2011 | A controversy arose involving the show's music selection, leading to a Twitter war between Adam Levine and Fox News personalities over the use of a Maroon 5 song. |
| October 3 2011 | Fox News announced The Five would become a permanent series after successful summer ratings. |
| August 2011 | Bob Beckel controversially used the term 'Chinamen' on air, which later required an apology, leading to a minor controversy about insensitive remarks. |
| July 2011 | The Five debuts as a replacement for Glenn Beck's program, initially achieving modest ratings but winning its time slot. |
| July 11 2011 | The Five premiered on Fox News Channel as a political talk show, featuring hosts Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Jesse Watters, Jeanine Pirro, and alternating hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. |
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