Perhaps we are just of a different matter of opinion then. I also see reality TV being pretty awful garbage so..
And yes it really matters if he had stooges involved. There are two different types of lying in magic, one is deceptive, one is just straight up lying. Stooges are straight up lying. Saying to your audience, I have here a normal deck of cards, when it is not, is also straight up lying. Saying I'm putting this card into the middle of the pack and letting them suppose it is their card, that is deception. I personally have a problem with straight up lying, and attempt to avoid it. Sometimes.
It also matters because magicians in general are already being flamed for the likes of Chris Angel and that whole movement, I don't want to support anything that supports that style of magic. But again, I'm gonna have to see the special for myself before I judge.