O'Reilly Factor, also on the Fox News Channel. The program has occasionally been the number one rated cable news series in the key 25 to 54 viewing demographic. Co-host Andrea Tantaros left the show in 2014 after she was named co-host of Outnumbered. On February 27, 2017, the program was moved to Studio F with a graphics makeover. In April 2017, The Five moved to the 9 p.m. hour, following the cancellation of The O'Reilly Factor. In May of 2017, liberal co-host Bob Beckel was fired from Fox News due to racism allegations. In September 2017, The Five returned to its original 5 p.m. time slot to satisfy viewer preference. In July 2018, founding co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle departed the program. On May 26, 2021, the shows founding liberal co-host Juan Williams announced he would be leaving the program to stay with his family in Washington D.C. after the show returned to in studio production in NYC. In January 2022, The Five announced Jeanine Pirro would be named co-host of the program along with rotating liberal co-hosts Geraldo Rivera, Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. Ratings Initially airing as a replacement for Glenn Beck's program after his departure from the network, The Five debuted in July 2011 to modest ratings, but still handily won its time slot. The show gained broader success within weeks of airing, even rivaling Beck's former audience share on some afternoons. By late August, The Five was consistently beating its competitors on MSNBC and CNN combined and ranked among the top ten cable news shows. Additionally, the show proved to be more friendly to advertisers, who were previously reluctant to be associated with the controversial content of Beck's show.The Five was the sixth-most-watched cable news program during the latter half of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012;Cable News Ratings: Top 30 Programs For First Quarter Of 2012. The Huffington Post. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2012-05-16. it had jumped to fourth place by the third quarter of 2012, pulling in especially high numbers during the 2012 Republican Convention. The Five drew 4.4 million viewers on Election Day 2012. By 2013, The Five was the second-most-watched program in all of cable news, placing behind The O'Reilly Factor, although the show was eclipsed on many nights by The Kelly File, which aired from 2013 to 2017. In April 2022, The Five became the number one show on cable. Even out performing