Jeanine Pirro has been named a permanent co-host of Fox News' afternoon panel show The Five.
Pirro will join the panel show's regulars Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino and Jesse Watters, FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Wednesday.
The show's 'liberal chair' will not be replaced by a rotation of three co-hosts; Harold Ford Jr., Geraldo Rivera and Jessica Tarlov.
The changes will debut on January 24. That same evening, Jesse Watters debuts his new show, Jesse Watters Primetime, at 7pm. He will continue co-hosting The Five in addition to his new show.
Jeanine Pirro has been named a permanent co-host of Fox News' afternoon panel show 'The Five,' but will give up her weekend show 'Justice with Judge Jeanine'
The changes of the 'The Five' will debut on January 24. That same evening, Jesse Watters' new program, 'Jesse Watters Primetime,' will kick off in the 7 p.m. time slot. He will continue co-hosting The Five in addition to his new show.
Pirro, who has been a regular substitute on the show, joined Fox News in 2006.
The network said she will give up her weekend show Justice with Judge Jeanine in order to devote her time to her new full-time role on The Five.
But she will continue hosting Castles USA on FOX News Media's streaming service FOX Nation.
Rotating regulars, Ford Jr., Rivera and Tarlov will take turns in the liberal fifth seat following the departure last May by Juan Williams.
Pirro, who became one of Trump's most vocal defenders at Fox News, is among the defendants in the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.
She was a guest at Mar-a-Lago and Trump posed with her book in the Oval Office, while she robustly defended him on her Saturday show - so much so that when she appeared to be taken off air in 2019 after questioning Muslim Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's love for
