Television programming isn't a separate meaning from computer programming. Programming means creating a program. The program, whether you're talking about a computer, a television channel, or a live staged performance, is a list of what's going to happen in what order.

That's what I was hinting to. Pre mechanical programs were 'prewritten' sequences. Mostly linear, like a (literature) script. Musical score would fit that definition too. Then you can have slightly more complicated structures like dags and data flow, still linear in a way. When you add state,loops, feedback it gets interesting though.