WASHINGTON — President Obama has added an item to his agenda for Presidents’ Day weekend:

The leader of the free world is looking forward to binge-watching DVDs of his latest favorite television show: HBO’s edgy new “True Detective” series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

Mr. Obama made a point of approaching HBO’s chief executive, Richard Plepler, at the state dinner for France on Tuesday night.

“Where is my True Detective and Game of Thrones?” Mr. Obama asked Mr. Plepler as he told him that the coming weekend would be a good time to have the DVDs.

That Mr. Obama is a fan of “True Detective” should come as no surprise. He is known to favor dark dramas like AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and HBO’s “The Wire.” Those are now off the air, and the president evidently needed to find a replacement.