Tarlov has signed a new three-year contract with Fox News, securing her place as one of the network’s most visible liberal commentators and ensuring she will remain a regular presence on The Five.
Tarlov confirmed the agreement in an interview with Marie Claire, describing the contract as an affirmation that Fox continues to value the perspective she brings to a program whose other regular hosts are generally conservative.
“It’s always a great affirmation of your seat at the table,” Tarlov said of the deal, adding that even when the program’s debates appear contentious, the contract tells her she remains “a valued element in this discourse.”
Tarlov joined Fox News as a contributor in 2017 and currently serves as a rotating co-host of The Five. She also provides political analysis across Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Her role on The Five has made her one of the network’s most recognizable Democratic voices. Tarlov and former Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. rotate in the program’s liberal seat, while Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Jesse Watters and newly appointed permanent co-host Emily Compagno make up the rest of the regular lineup.
Compagno officially joined the program full time Sept. 8 after leaving her position as a co-host of Outnumbered. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Compagno’s promotion in August, calling The Five a “powerhouse” and saying Compagno’s energy and experience had made her a standout within the network. The lineup change did not alter the arrangement involving Tarlov and Ford.
Fox continues to identify both as rotating liberal co-hosts, meaning Tarlov’s new contract does not make her a permanent five-day-a-week member of the panel. Her role nevertheless gives her an unusually prominent platform. Tarlov frequently finds herself challenging arguments made by her conservative colleagues on issues ranging from President Donald Trump and immigration to elections, abortion and economic policy. Those exchanges can become heated, with Tarlov often serving as the sole liberal voice during political segments.
But she told Marie Claire that the television arguments do not reflect her personal relationships with the people sitting beside her. Tarlov said she maintains close relationships with several of her conservative co-hosts despite their political differences and described the ability to disagree without ending friendships as an important part of her broader philosophy. She said that co-hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld regularly check on her after shows featuring particularly tense exchanges.
That theme is also central to her forthcoming book, I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends, scheduled for release Sept. 15. The book draws partly on Tarlov’s experience debating politics professionally while maintaining friendships and working relationships with people whose views sharply differ from her own.
Her approach has occasionally brought her into direct conflict with Trump. Tarlov has repeatedly criticized the president’s policies and rhetoric on Fox, while Trump has publicly attacked her commentary. In an interview published this week, Tarlov recalled becoming emotional after Trump criticized her by name in a June 2025 Truth Social post, calling her a liar and a “disgrace” to television.
Despite those attacks and criticism from some Fox viewers, Tarlov has continued to argue that appearing on the network gives her an opportunity Democratic commentators do not always have: making liberal arguments directly to an audience that may strongly disagree with them. Her contract suggests Fox intends to preserve that dynamic.
