Laugh Tracks on SNL

Is Saturday Night Live using laugh tracks this season (possibly more than previous seasons)?

During an amazing number of unfunny bits on this past Saturday's show there was a familiar ring to the laughter that kept popping up at times that unless there was someone off camera doing something funny that the TV audience wasn't being let in on.

The truely funny bits had quite different sounding laughter. Have the budget cuts at SNL also taken away the live audience?