For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world...

From director Ric Burns (New York: A Documentary Film, Ansel Adams, The Donner Party) "Into the Deep: Whaling & America" explores the rise and fall of America's first global industry...8pm

FRONTLINE looks at the practice of vaccinating our kids...some 26 inoculations for 14 different diseases by age 6. Generation Rescue argues that vaccines are no longer a public health miracle but a scourge; responsible for alarming rises in certain disorders, including ADHD and autism. This is the vaccine war: pitting the public health establishment against a populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists...and it's being fought on the Internet with the latest social media tools, includingFacebook and Twitter, to win the hearts and minds of the public...FRONTLINE at 9pm