Can vampires be family-friendly? The creators of 'Eternally Yours' think so

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Set us as preferred It’s not a particularly egregious throat clearing.It’s not wet with phlegm from a bronchial infection; the kind that makes seatmates on the plane jump for the Purell.

Nor is it loud and dry like that of a severely under-caffeinated customer who’s annoyed that the barista is holding up the line to chat with a regular.Honestly, most strangers probably wouldn’t notice it at all.But what if you happen to be partnered with the person making the sound, stuck in a room with him for hours on end like your very livelihood depends on it? Well, then the sound of television writer Joe Wiseman clearing his throat over and over again might as well be Gilbert Gottfried’s laugh scratching against a chalkboard.

At least that’s how Wiseman’s writing partner, Joe Port, began to see it.Luckily, because Wiseman and Port are comedy writers, they used this annoyance for good.It became the basis for “Eternally Yours,” their new CBS comedy that premieres Thursday.

(In addition to being co-creators, they co-showrun and are executive producers.) Its premise is that a vampire couple maybe didn’t think it through when they pledged to be together forever.“This is totally ‘Twilight’ 500 years later,” says Port with a laugh during a recent interview alongside Wiseman in the “Eternally Yours” writers room.He adds that, while some may see immortal love as the depths of romance, the idea “always seemed funny to us.

What are the down-the-line implications of that?” Then and now: Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards) have been married a very, very long time.“This is totally ‘Twilight’ 500 years later,” Joe Port says.

(Bertrand Calmeau / CBS) The show opens in 1526 Austria with the beautiful and bodiced Liz (Allegra Edwards) asking her vampire paramour Charles (Ed Weeks) to turn her into o...