Laura Ingraham, the radio host and Fox News commentator, is about to become a prime time host on the conservative cable network. 
 
 Ingraham is expected to take over the 10 p.m. hour on Fox News, according to people who spoke on condition of anonymity. 
 
 While there may be one or two final details to negotiate, Ingraham has been telling friends that the deal is essentially done, the sources said. 
 
 Her new show will be part of a broader change to the network's top-rated prime time lineup. Sean Hannity's show, currently at 10 p.m., will move one hour earlier to 9 p.m., multiple sources confirmed. 
 
 And "The Five," a talk show originally named for its 5 p.m. time slot, will shift from 9 p.m. back to its namesake hour. 
 
 The changes come on the heels of Eric Bolling's exit from Fox and the cancellation of his 5 p.m. show "Fox News Specialists" last Friday. 
 
 Fox is temporarily replacing the "Specialists" with news programming. But "The Five" will move back to 5 p.m. in the coming weeks, the sources said. 
 
 The launch date for Ingraham's new show is unknown. But the sources said the new schedule is confirmed and known among senior staffers. This is a change from last month, when the talks between Ingraham and Fox were first reported. 
 
 A Fox News spokeswoman told CNNMoney there is "no deal in place" with Ingraham. 
 
 Putting Ingraham at 10 p.m. is an important bet by Fox News, and it comes with some risk. The network rarely shuffles its lineup like this. 
 
 But Ingraham is well known and well liked among Fox viewers. On her radio show and her Fox appearances, she channels the feelings of President Trump's base and challenges Republican establishment figures. 
 
 At times she is critical of Trump, too -- but in a way that positions her as a champion for the voters who elected him. 
 
 The president recently tweeted a response to one of her appearances on "Fox & Friends." 
 
 The schedule change is really a reset of sorts, five months after the shuffle that ensued when the network abruptly removed Bill O'Reilly amid a sexual harassment scandal. 
 
 Fox executives made logical moves at the time: Tucker Carlson moved from 9 to 8 p.m., replacing O'Reilly, and "The Five" got a promotion to prime time. 
 
 A new 5 p.m. show, the "Specialists," was quickly built around Bolling. 
 
 But allegations of inappropriate behavior in Bolling's past caused the network to suspend him "pending the results of an investigation" last month. While it is not known what, if anything, the investigators found, Fox announced his departure last Friday. 
 
 Bolling's co-hosts Eboni Williams and Kat Timpf are remaining at the network as contributors. 
 
 "The Five" mostly held its own at 9 p.m., but Fox has been losing to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow at that hour, causing no small amount of consternation behind the scenes. 
 
 Fox is accustomed to winning every hour of every day, thanks to its incredibly loyal right-leaning audience, so the shifting of Hannity may be an attempt to fortify the 9 p.m. time slot. ||||| Fox News and radio host Laura Ingraham have moved closer to a deal that could make the conservative talker a regular part of the news outlet’s primetime lineup, according to a person familiar with the situation. 
 
 The 21st Century Fox-owned cable network said in a statement Monday night that “there is no deal in place with Laura Ingraham at this time.” 
 
 The two sides have been in negotiations since at least August. If the discussions bear fruit, Ingraham could take up residency during the network’s 10 p.m. slot – a move that might set in motion a cascade of schedule changes. Sean Hannity, who has held forth at 10 p.m. for the last several years, could return to the 9 p.m. slot he once held. And “The Five,” a panel show that currently airs at 9 p.m., could return to its original time slot of 5 p.m. Fox News recently cancelled the show that had been airing at that time, “Fox News Specialists,” in the wake of its recent decision to part ways with one that show’s hosts, Eric Bolling. 
 
 Ingraham has a long association with Fox News, having served as a fill-in for both Hannity and Bill O’Reilly. Executives at the network have remained open to the idea of tweaking its primetime lineup, Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy told Variety in July. 
 
 CNN previously reported Ingraham and Fox had struck a deal for her to start a job as a host in primetime. 
 
 Fox News remains cable’s most-watched news network, but in recent months has had to contend with a resurgent MSNBC, where a primetime lineup led by Rachel Maddow has expanded its audience. Fox News was surprised earlier this year by a the forced departure of primetime linchpin O’Reilly, who left the network after advertisers reacted negatively to disclosures of settlements paid to women who had accused him of sexual harassment and other improprieties. Discussions with Ingraham suggest Fox News executives have continued to mull tinkering with its program line-up.
– The upheaval at Fox News has created a big opportunity for conservative commentator and radio host Laura Ingraham, insiders say. Sources tell CNN that Ingraham—a President Trump supporter and popular Fox guest host—has been in talks to take over the network's 10pm slot and has told friends the deal is already done. The sources say Sean Hannity's show will move from 10pm to 9pm and The Five will move from 9pm back to 5pm, the hour it was named after. Former 5pm show Fox News Specialists was canceled after the network parted ways with Eric Bolling. For now, Fox says there "is no deal in place with Laura Ingraham at this time," Variety reports. (Fox News is no longer airing in the UK.)